Court Opinion

ID: 5535153
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 18:19:13.539433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:40.885768
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, without costs (see Matter of Gammerman v Board of Elections of City of N. Y., 57 NY2d 888, decided herewith).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Meyer. Judge Fuchsberg dissents and votes to reverse in the following memorandum: The drastic result in this case is the consequence of the harsh rule this court enunciated in such cases as Matter of Rutter v Coveney (38 NY2d 993) and Matter of Higby v Mahoney (48 NY2d 15). Reiterating the views I expressed in those cases, I would find an exception for the extraordinary circumstances which confront us now and reverse.