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HERNANDEZ v. ROBLES

7 Misc.3d 459 (2005)

794 N.Y.S.2d 579

DANIEL HERNANDEZ et al., Plaintiffs v. VICTOR L. ROBLES, as City Clerk of the City of New York, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

February 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, New York City (Jeffrey S. Trachtman of counsel), and Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York City (Susan Sommer of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Marilyn Richter of counsel), for defendant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

DORIS LING-COHAN, J.

From the literary references of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, to the anti-miscegenation laws of this country's recent past barring interracial marriage, the freedom to choose whom to marry has consistently been the subject of public outcry and controversy. In fact, ironically, the parents of one of the named plaintiffs1 were, themselves, barred from marrying each other by an anti-miscegenation...

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