Case Name: In the Matter of Mary A. Starr et al., Appellants, v. Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-09-13
Citations: 89 A.D.2d 990
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Mary A. Starr et al., Appellants, v Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 990–991

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Mary A. Starr et al., Appellants, v Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), -dated September 9, 1982, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner's application to invalidate the designating petition of Owen Augustin as candidate in the Democratic Party primary election for the public office of Congressman, 12th Congressional District. Matter remitted to the S.upreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings consistent herewith; appeal held in abeyance in the interim. Under the circumstances, Special Term should have conducted a line-by-line review of the 379 challenged signatures contained in petitioner's Exhibit No. 2 submit ted at the hearing held on September 3,1982. Lazer, J. P., Gibbons, Thompson and Brown, JJ., concur.