Lawrence v. Stevens

MEMORANDUM

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, John M. Lawrence, not licensed to practice law in this state, and three other plaintiffs, including his wife, who allegedly desire to retain Lawrence as a lawyer in pending or contemplated court proceedings, bring this action to obtain a declaratory judgment that sections 478 and 484 of New York State’s Judiciary Law governing the licensing of attorneys are • unconstitutional, and for a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from enforcing these provisions. The alleged constitutional infringements include, among others, abridgment of…