Legal Opinion
Cubas v. Martinez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 2007PublishedCited by 20 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will not issue driver’s licenses to applicants who lack valid Social Security numbers (SSNs), unless those applicants prove that they are ineligible for SSNs. As proof of ineligibility the DMV requires applicants to submit immigration documents issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Plaintiffs, claiming that this DMV policy is essentially an effort to deny driver’s licenses to immigrants not legally present in New York, challenge it as unauthorized by statute, as infringing constitutional protections and as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Affronti v. CrossonNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- MTR SCHWARTFIGURE v. HartnettNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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