JACOBY & MEYERS v. P.J. OF THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD

No. 11 Civ. 3387(LAK).

118 F.Supp.3d 554 (2015)

JACOBY & MEYERS, LLP, and Jacoby & Meyers USA II, PLLC, Plaintiffs, v. The PRESIDING JUSTICES OF THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DEPARTMENTS, APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.

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

Signed July 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd S. Garber , D. Greg Blankinship , Jeremiah Frei-Pearson , Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, David J. Meiselman , Meiselman, Packman, Nealon, Scialabba & Baker, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel A. Schulze , Special Litigation Counsel, Michael J. Siudzinski , Assistant Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This putative class action challenges—on First and Fourteenth Amendment and dormant Commerce Clause grounds—the constitutionality of several New York laws and regulations that, like those of all or most other states, prohibit non-lawyer equity ownership in law firms. The...

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