Legal Opinion

Application of Dengler

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 28, 1979No. 49052PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OTIS, Justice.

The appellant, Michael Herbert Dengler, seeks review of a judgment of the district court denying his application for a change of name. The attorney general has intervened to support the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. §§ 259.10, .11 (1978) which appellant has challenged. We affirm.

The name for which appellant has applied are numerals “1069.” The issues presented are: (1) the discretion which a trial court may exercise and the criteria which govern the granting or denying of an application for name change; (2) the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. §§ 259.10, .11 (1978); and (3) the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. MerolevitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  2. Traugott v. PetitSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Simmons v. O'BRIENNebraska Supreme Court · 1978

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re RitchieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
  2. Leone v. Commissioner, Indiana Bureau of Motor VehiclesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. In Re Change of Name of MeesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  4. In Re Change of Name of MeesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  5. In Re PorterUtah Supreme Court · 2001

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