Schoenefeld v. State of New York, et al., No. 11-4283 (2d Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendants appealed the district court's grant of plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment and declaring New York Judiciary Law 470 unconstitutional as violative of the Privileges and Immunities Clause. The court reserved decision and certified a controlling question of state law to the New York Court of Appeals: Under New York Judiciary Law 470, which mandates that a nonresident attorney maintain an "office for the transaction of law business" within the state of New York, what are the minimum requirements necessary to satisfy that mandate?
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on April 22, 2016.
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