New York State Society of Professional Engineers, Inc. v. Education Department

The petitioner is a membership corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, composed of several thousand professional engineers, duly licensed by the State of New York.

Section 1461 of the Education Law provides in part as follows: “ * * * nor shall any corporation hereafter formed use or assume a name involving the word ‘ engineers ’ or ‘ engineering ’ or any *603modification or derivative of such terms except a non-profit membership corporation composed exclusively of professional engineers.”

Section 62 of the Education Law provides as follows: “…