Case Name: In the Matter of the Petition of Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Appellant, to Review Chapter 373 of the Laws of 1916, Being the Present Apportionment of the State into Senate and Assembly Districts. Charles S. Whitman et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-07-25
Citations: 219 N.Y. 543
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Petition of Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Appellant, to Review Chapter 373 of the Laws of 1916, Being the Present Apportionment of the State into Senate and Assembly Districts. Charles S. Whitman et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 219
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Petition of Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Appellant, to Review Chapter 373 of the Laws of 1916, Being the Present Apportionment of the State into Senate and Assembly Districts. Charles S. Whitman et al., Respondents.
Matter of Patterson, 174 App. Div. 185, appeal dismissed.
(Argued July 12, 1916;
decided July 25, 1916.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 8, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term dismissing a petition for the review of the apportionment enacted by chapter 373 of the Laws of 1916.
Albert De JRoode and Ellwood M. Rabenold for appellant.
Egburt E. Woodbury, Attorney-General (.Leonard J, Obermeier of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
The Apportionment Act of 1916 having been adjudged unconstitutional in the case of Matter of Dowling (219 N. Y. 44) on grounds other than those set forth in the petition herein, the appeal in this ease is dismissed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Oh. J., Hiscooic, Chase, OuDDEBACK, HOGAN, CaRDOZO and POUND, JJ.