MATTER OF CANE v. MAHONEY


40 N.Y.2d 819 (1976)

In the Matter of Mary E. Cane, Appellant, v. Edward J. Mahoney et al., Constituting the Erie County Board of Elections, Respondents, and Robert M. Jordan, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor N. Farley for appellant.

William J. Diggins for Erie County Board of Elections, respondent.

James M. Shaw for Robert M. Jordan, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.


Order affirmed, without costs. It does not appear that petitioner was a member of the Democratic Party, nor does she assert that she was entitled to the authorization of that party for designation as its candidate. In this circumstance petitioner lacks standing to raise any issue as to whether the filing of the Democratic Party's certificate of authorization conformed to the provisions of subdivision 4 of section 137 of the Election Law (Matter of Wydler v Cristenfeld...

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