MATTER OF PELL v. COVENEY


37 N.Y.2d 494 (1975)

In the Matter of William R. Pell, III, Appellant, v. Frank Coveney et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the County of Suffolk, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eli Wager and Alan B. Katz for appellant.

Howard E. Pachman, County Attorney (Michael Gross of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

Petitioners seek an order compelling the Board of Elections of Suffolk County to validate certain designating petitions. Respondents moved to dismiss claiming that the proceeding was barred by section 330 of the Election Law which states that judicial review must be sought "within fourteen days after the last day to file petitions". It is conceded that July 24, 1975 was the last day on which designating...

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