Matter of Holley (Rittenberg)
Cases that cite this one
24 later published cases cite this decision.
- Lester v. Gruner (New York Supreme Court 1953)
- Finnegan v. Cohen (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1941)
- Matter of Devine v. Osmann (N.Y. 1937)
- New York State Committee of the Independence Party v. New York State Board of Elections (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2011)
- Lisa v. Board of Elections (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1976)
- People ex rel. Woodside v. Board of Inspectors of Election of 56th Election District of Town of Hempstead (New York Supreme Court 1976)
- Corrigan v. Board of Elections (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1972)
- Van Etten v. Millspaugh (New York Supreme Court 1966)
- Oster v. Village of Jordan (New York Supreme Court 1964)
- Ullman v. Power (New York Supreme Court 1962)
- O'Shaughnessy v. Monroe County Board of Elections (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1961)
- O'Shaughnessy v. Kerr (New York Supreme Court 1961)
- McGuinness v. DeSapio (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1959)
- Bailey v. Power (New York Supreme Court 1958)
- Hughes v. Harrer (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1957)
- Callahan v. Dennis (New York Supreme Court 1955)
- Hammer v. Curran (New York Supreme Court 1952)
- Southard v. McGann (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1951)
- Mullen v. Heffernan (New York Supreme Court 1948)
- Cohen v. Heffernan (New York Supreme Court 1946)
- Matter of Crawford v. Cohen (N.Y. 1943)
- Aurelio v. Cohen (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1943)
- In re Moore (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1941)
- Lanni v. Grimes (New York Supreme Court 1940)
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Opinion of the Court
The Legislature by section 330 of the Election Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 17), has conferred upon the Supreme Court broad power to determine “ any question * ⅜ ⅜ arising * ⅝ * [and] make such order as justice may require ” in respect to the matters enumerated in the succeeding subdivisions of that section. The field of its powers is limited to the specified matters; within that field the power is plenary. Among the matters specified in respect to which this plenary power has been granted is “ the nomination of any candidate.” (Subd. 2.) The provision in the same subdivision that “ the court may direct a re-assembling of any convention or the holding of a new primary election where a convention or primary election has been characterized by such frauds or irregularities as to render impossible a determination as to who rightfully was nominated or elected,” is not a limitation on the plenary power of the court to make such order as justice may require in respect to the nomination of a candidate where a determination as to who rightfully was nominated is not impossible. The cases in which this court has held that no order for a general recount or recanvass of the votes may be ordered did not concern the nomination of candidates, but their election to office, in respect to which the statute has not given plenary power to the court.
The consent of the respondent to the entry of orders for re-examination of ballot boxes cures irregularities, if any, in the application of the appellant, Holley. That consent could not be withdrawn after both sides had acted upon it. We do not decide whether a recount of all the boxes should have been made if the respondent, berg, had made timely demand.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the orders of the Special Term affirmed, without costs.
Ordered accordingly.
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