Cain v. New York State Board of Elections

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that because the New York State Board of Elections had its “principal office . . . located in Albany” and the action of which the plaintiff complained was taken in Albany, the agency was “deemed to reside in the Northern District of New York”
• “In a suit against a public agency and its officials, ‘residence,’ for venue purposes, is where the officials involved perform their duties.”
• severance not limited to cases of improper joinder; claim may be severed based on lack of significant relationship between defendants or solely for purpose of facilitating transfer
• “‘Residence’ for venue purposes is where the officials involved perform their duties”
• “‘Residence’ for venue purposes is where the officials involved perform their duties”
• “‘Residence’ for venue purposes is where the officials involved perform their duties”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).