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Matter of Roth v. Cuevas

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 19, 1993
82 N.Y.2d 791 (N.Y. 1993)

Summary

upholding consecutive term limits for city officials

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Opinion

Argued October 14, 1993

Decided October 19, 1993

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Martin Evans, J.

O. Peter Sherwood, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Linda H. Young, Jonathan Pines and Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for appellants.

Townley Updike, New York City (Douglas C. Fairhurst, Steven I. Himelstein and Zvi N. Raskin of counsel), for respondent.

Charles S. Turner, County Attorney of Monroe County, Rochester (Raymond J. Lum of counsel), for County of Monroe, amicus curiae.



Order affirmed, without costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Martin Evans at Supreme Court ( 158 Misc.2d 238).

Concur: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA, SMITH and LEVINE.


Summaries of

Matter of Roth v. Cuevas

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 19, 1993
82 N.Y.2d 791 (N.Y. 1993)

upholding consecutive term limits for city officials

Summary of this case from Bates v. Jones

In Roth, the court found that a referendum could decide the issue of term-limits because "[t]he term law... relates to 'terms of office' of a public officer." Id. at 246.

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Case details for

Matter of Roth v. Cuevas

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ALLEN H. ROTH, Individually and on Behalf of All Signers…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 19, 1993

Citations

82 N.Y.2d 791 (N.Y. 1993)
604 N.Y.S.2d 551
624 N.E.2d 689

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