# Stempel v. Albany County Board of Elections

> New York Court of Appeals · October 27, 1983 · 60 N.Y.2d 801

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5535943

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Rudolph V. Stempel, Appellants-Respondents v. Albany County Board of Elections, Respondents-Appellants In the Matter of Jane H. Springer, Appellants-Respondents v. Joan M. Byrne
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** October 27, 1983
- **Citations:** 60 N.Y.2d 801; 469 N.Y.S.2d 687; 457 N.E.2d 793; 1983 N.Y. LEXIS 3486
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5535943

## Opinion text

*803 OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
Petitioners, not being members of the political party whose certificates of nomination naming certain persons as candidates for various town offices at the next general election are being challenged, do not have standing to object to those candidacies (see Matter of Wydler v Cristenfeld, 35 NY2d 719 ; Matter of Menendez v McNab, 83 AD2d 893 , mot for lv to app den 54 NY2d 769 ; Election Law, § 16-102).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Meyer, Simons and Kaye concur.
Order affirmed, without costs, iri a memorandum.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5535943. Public record. Not legal advice.