MANES v. GOLDIN

No. 74 C 191.

400 F.Supp. 23 (1975)

Donald R. MANES et al., Plaintiffs, v. Harrison J. GOLDIN, Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Defendants, and Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of the State of New York, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

June 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moses M. Falk, New York City, for plaintiffs other than John G. Hall and Brooklyn Bar Association.

Reuben E. Gross, Staten Island, N. Y., for plaintiff John G. Hall.

Weinstein, Chayt & Bard, P. C., Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff Brooklyn Bar Association.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendant Harrison J. Goldin; A. Michael Weber, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendants County Clerks (except Brandow) and appearing pro se as intervenor-defendant; Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Shirley Adelson Siegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Bagley, Chadderdon, Pulver & Stiefel, Catskill, N. Y., for defendant Neal Brandow.

Walter C. Reid, New York City, for Bay Ridge Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

Before GURFEIN, Circuit Judge, and JUDD and NEAHER, District Judges.


OPINION AND ORDER

JUDD, District Judge.

This action for an injunction against the enforcement of 1972 New York statutes which raised court filing fees and charges in New York City was heard on the merits by a three-judge court. Motions to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings were argued and considered at the same time, as was also a request for a class action determination.

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