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Waite v. Town of Champion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
Mar 24, 2017
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 2245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

259 CA 16-01328

03-24-2017

IN THE MATTER OF JENNIFER WAITE, DAVID WILLIAMS, JONATHAN SCHELL, DARRELL HARRIS AND JOSEPH LAWLER, RESIDENT TAXPAYERS, ELECTORS AND LEGAL VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF CHAMPION FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. TOWN OF CHAMPION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

PINSKY LAW GROUP, PLLC, SYRACUSE (BRADLEY M. PINSKY OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS. SLYE LAW OFFICES, P.C., WATERTOWN (ROBERT J. SLYE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.


PRESENT:

PINSKY LAW GROUP, PLLC, SYRACUSE (BRADLEY M. PINSKY OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

SLYE LAW OFFICES, P.C., WATERTOWN (ROBERT J. SLYE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Jefferson County (James P. McClusky, J.), entered December 16, 2015 in a CPLR article 78 proceeding. The judgment dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioners appeal from a judgment dismissing their CPLR article 78 petition seeking a determination that respondent's dissolution plan is void and a determination that respondent must comply with General Municipal Law, article 17-A, title 3. We agree with respondent that Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition inasmuch as respondent complied with the statute (see § 786 [1]). The majority of electors voted for dissolution of the Champion Fire Protection District, and respondent consequently fulfilled its duty of devising a dissolution plan (see § 782 [2]). Petitioners failed either to attain the requisite number of signatures to challenge the dissolution plan by referendum (see § 785 [2] [a]), or to petition for the establishment of a fire district (see Town Law § 171 [1]).

Entered: March 24, 2017

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court


Summaries of

Waite v. Town of Champion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
Mar 24, 2017
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 2245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
Case details for

Waite v. Town of Champion

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF JENNIFER WAITE, DAVID WILLIAMS, JONATHAN SCHELL, DARRELL…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Mar 24, 2017

Citations

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 2245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)