Legal Opinion
State v. Dolan
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 15, 1977PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichard S. Lane, J.
The battle for greater public awareness of and responsibility for the fate of the mentally retarded has been joined for a 100 years or more. As in the case of so many other social problems, the battlefield has shifted in recent years from the halls of academe and the houses of Legislature to the courts. In New York it has usually been the Judges of the Family Court, the Federal courts, and the appropriate appellate tribunals who have been compelled to cope with the anguish of helpless human beings and their *1004families within the parameters of relatively rigid legal precepts developed for other…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1973
- Psaty v. DuryeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In re LevyNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Kesselbrenner v. AnonymousNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Levine v. STATE, DEPT. OF INSTITUTIONS & AGENCIESSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Brown v. StoneDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- State v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene v. SchnepsAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1978
- Levine v. STATE, DEPT. OF INSTITUTIONS & AGENCIESSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
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