Legal Opinion
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP v. Presiding Justices of the First, Second, Third & Fourth Departments
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 15, 2015No. 11 Civ. 3387(LAK)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
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 matter, which the Court previously dismissed for lack of standing, is, on remand from the Court- of Appeals and is before the Court on a motion-,to dismiss the third amended complaint (“TAC”). The Court concludes that (1) it is constrained by the mandate rule to hold that…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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