Legal Opinion
Erie County v. Whalen
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
44 N.Y.2d 817 (1978)
Erie County et al., Respondents,
v.
Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, et al., Appellants.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued March 22, 1978.
Decided May 9, 1978.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Michael F. Colligan, Ruth Kessler Toch and Kenneth J. Connolly of counsel), for appellants.
T. J. Szymanski, County Attorney (Justyn N. Miller and Susan C. Goldberg of counsel), for respondents.
Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG. Judge COOKE dissents and votes to reverse in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Levine v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Erie County v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Erie County v. WhalenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Count of Erie v. HochNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- County of Erie v. HochAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
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