ANONYMOUS v. MELLON


91 Misc.2d 375 (1977)

Anonymous, Petitioner, v. Irving Mellon, as Director of Bureau of Vital Records, Department of Health of the City of New York, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

August 23, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squadron, Ellenoff & Plesent for petitioner. W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Joseph Bruno of counsel), for respondent.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

Questions once regarded as simple are now recognized as matters of considerable complexity as we analyze more closely that which was once taken for granted. It used to be that one could make an instant determination of such matters as life or death — is a body living or not. Similarly, with respect to gender, a person was either male or female, and no three ways about it. These simplistic conclusions, under intensive examination...

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