Case Name: In the Matter of Wilfred D. Murtha, Appellant, against George P. Monaghan, as Commissioner of the Harness Racing Commission of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-07-03
Citations: 3 N.Y.2d 880
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Wilfred D. Murtha, Appellant, against George P. Monaghan, as Commissioner of the Harness Racing Commission of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 880–880

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Wilfred D. Murtha, Appellant, against George P. Monaghan, as Commissioner of the Harness Racing Commission of the State of New York, Respondent.
Submitted July 2, 1957;
decided July 3, 1957.

Opinion:
" Motion for reargument denied Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when r¿turned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, as follows: Appellant argued that the provisions of section-63 of the Pari-Mutuel Revenue Law (§ 40, as amd.; L. 1940, ch. 254, as amd.) are void as being violative of the Fourteenth Amendment, insofar as they prohibit appellant, as a public employee, from obtaining a license as a mutuel clerk at Roosevelt Raceway. The Court of Appeals held that the rights of appellant under the Fourteenth Amendment had not been violated.or denied. [See 2 N Y 2d 819.]