Most requests appear to have been granted routinely, although as recently as 1967, a Civil Court judge in Brooklyn refused to change Samuel Weinberg’s family name to Lansing “for future business reasons, such that my sons shall not bear any possible stigma.” The judge’s name was Jacob Weinberg.

Quelle: Many Immigrants No Longer Change Their Names to Fit In Fewer Immigrants to U.S. Change Their Surnames – NYTimes.com

Juristen. Tz!