Legal Opinion
Rubino v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
This CPLR article 78 proceeding seeks to compel the clerk of the City of New York to accept petitioners’ application to permit them to perform marriages.
Petitioners allege that they are ordained ministers of the Universal Life Church Inc. (ULC). Respondent alleges that ministers of the ULC receive no religious training, profess no beliefs to distinguish their church as a religion, and that the “credentials of ministry” may be obtained by mailing a fee to the home of Kirby J. Hensely, the founder of ULC. The fees vary from $2 to $20 and as many as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Maynard v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Matter of Last Will & Test. of BlackwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1988