Legal Opinion
Philipp v. Carey
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided October 3, 1981No. 80-CV-508PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
MUNSON, Chief Judge.
The Syracuse Developmental Center [SDC] is a 560 bed, state-owned mental health care facility in Syracuse, New York. Persons are confined at SDC by one of three means. First, some individuals are involuntarily confined pursuant to court order. N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 15.27. Second, in many instances an individual, or his parent, guardian, or committee, may request admittance. N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 15.13. Finally, persons who lack the necessary mental capacity to make their own decisions are admitted on a “non-objecting” status. N.Y.…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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