Legal Opinion
MATTER OF MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVS. v. Wack
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1989PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
75 N.Y.2d 751 (1989)
In the Matter of Mental Hygiene Legal Services, on Relation of Angel Cruz, Appellant,
v.
Renate Wack, as Executive Director of Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, et al., Respondents.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued November 21, 1989.
Decided December 19, 1989.
Stephen J. Harkavy, Ronald N. Gottlieb and Marvin Bernstein for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert L. Schonfeld and Thomas P. Dorsey of counsel), for Renate Wack, respondent.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Karen L. Mallory, Mark Dwyer and Susan Gliner of counsel), for People of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Torsney (Mental Hygiene)New York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Mental Hygiene Legal Services ex rel. Cruz v. WackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Mental Hygiene Legal Services v. WackNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
3Cited by11 opinions
- Matter of George L.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Matter of Francis S.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Mental Hygiene Legal Services ex rel. James U. v. RhodesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People ex rel. Noel B. v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- McGraw v. WackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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