Central Westchester Humane Society, Inc. v. Hilleboe

This is a petition by the New York State Society for Medical Research, Inc., for permission to intervene in the instant action as a party defendant. The action herein was commenced against the Commissioner of Health of the State of *874New York for a declaratory judgment that section 5-a of the Public Health Law, commonly known as the Metcalf-Hatch Act, is unconstitutional and to enjoin the defendant from acting under and pursuant to such section.

The petitioner was organized by persons representing the leading medical research and teaching institutions of this State, to promote high standards of…