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MATTER OF DOHERTY v. MAHONEY

42 N.Y.2d 1069 (1977)

In the Matter of James F. Doherty, Respondent-Appellant, v. Edward J. Mahoney et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the County of Erie, Respondents-Appellants, and George K. Arthur et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Denman for James F. Doherty, respondent-appellant.

Thaddeus J. Szymanski, County Attorney (Martin A. Schnorr of counsel), for Board of Elections of County of Erie, respondent-appellant.

Carmen Putrino for George K. Arthur, appellant-respondent.

Robert Boasberg for Herbert L. Bellamy, appellant-respondent.

Leonard Berkowitz for Richard F. Okoniewski, appellant-respondent.

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

Per Curiam.

In the September 8, 1977 primary in the City of Buffalo, seven candidates competed for nominations by the Democratic Party for three councilman-at-large positions. The official canvass resulted in the following tally: Arthur 29,621; Okoniewski 22,647; Bellamy 20,835; Doherty 20,611; Voskerichian 13,381; Iraci 12,355; and Vanderlip 8,969.

Candidate Doherty, who received the fourth highest number...

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