MATTER OF FRIEDRICH v. KATZ


34 N.Y.2d 987 (1974)

In the Matter of Robert Friedrich, Appellant, v. Herman Katz, as Clerk of the City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rena K. Uviller, Melvin L. Wulf and Eve Cary for appellant.

Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel (Edmund B. Hennefeld and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS.


Judgment reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, with directions to dismiss the petition on the ground that the issue presented is moot. Petitioner, 18 years old and male, was denied an application for a marriage license because he did not have his parents' written consent to marry. The enactment of chapter 920 (§ 4) of the Laws of 1974, which took effect September 1, 1974, removes...

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