Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Valenti v. Rockefeller
393 U.S. 405
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1969-01-20
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- upholding power of New York’s Governor to fill vacant U.S. Senate seat by appointment until the next election in 29 months
- upholding authority of Governor of New York to appoint person to fill vacancy in United States Senate until next regularly scheduled congressional election against challenge brought under the Seventeenth Amendment
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 10 opinions
393 U.S. 405 (1969)
VALENTI
No. 773.
VALENTI
v.
ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, ET AL.
No. 773.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided January 20, 1969. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.John Manning Regan for appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Ruth Kessler Toch, Solicitor General, and Jean M. Coon, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.
PER CURIAM.
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.