57 Misc. 2d 407 - Sheldon v. Stabile’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 1995
most recently cited
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Relies on Matter of Sullivan v. Taylor
Most-quoted passages
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“This court will not countenance the unilateral and unauthorized dismissal of duly-appointed Town officials by newly-elected members of a Town Board, without due cause or compliance with the procedures mandated by the legislature, in order to advance their own personal or political motives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Affrunti v. Zwirn
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