No. 25-836

Rockland County, New York, et al. v. New York, et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2026-01-15
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: county-administration due-process election-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment voting-rights
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Jurisdiction JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether New York's Even Year Election Law violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by selectively restructuring local election systems for some counties while exempting others

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

This petition presents federal constitutional questions concerning Equal Protection and voting-rights limits on a state’s authority to selectively restructure local election systems for some counties while exempting others. 1. Whether the New York Court of Appeals’ decision upholding New York’s Even Year Election Law presents a justiciable federal question under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. 2. Whether New York’s Even Year Election Law violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. 3. Whether the Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state from administering local election laws in a non-uniform manner that imposes disparate burdens on similarly situated counties and county officers. 4. Whether a state election law that consolidates local elections into even-year ballots for some counties—but not others—imposes constitutionally cognizable burdens on voting, political speech, and association that must be meaningfully weighed under the Anderson–Burdick framework.

Docket Entries

2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondents State of New York, Kathleen Hochul to respond filed.
2026-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)

Attorneys

State of New York, Kathleen Hochul
Barbara Dale UnderwoodNew York Solicitor General, Respondent
Barbara Dale UnderwoodNew York Solicitor General, Respondent
The County of Rockland and Edwin J. Day, In His Individual and Official Capacity as Rockland County Executive
Larraine Susan FeidenCounty of Rockland, Offiice of the County Attorney, Petitioner
Larraine Susan FeidenCounty of Rockland, Offiice of the County Attorney, Petitioner