Legal Opinion
In re Ellerby
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 26, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Anne G. Feldman, J.
Infant petitioner’s motion to proceed as a poor person, to change her name, and to require the City of New York to pay full cost of the publication required by section 63 of the Civil Rights Law is denied.
In denying the relief requested, the court is not ruling on either the merits of plaintiffs claim to be a person in need of such relief, or the benefits to her of a name change. Rather, its ruling is restricted to a finding that an application for a *692judicial change in name does not entitle petitioner to poor person’s relief.
Petitioner relies upon Matter…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Smith v. . United States Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- In re HalliganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re SakarisCivil Court of the City of New York · 1993
- In re CondeCivil Court of the City of New York · 2000
- Eisenberg v. StrasserNew York Supreme Court · 2003
- In re FurickNew York Supreme Court · 2011
- Matter of JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017