Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Mendolia v. SUPERINTENDENT, GREEN HAVEN CORR. FACILITY
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 1979Published
1Opinion of the Court
47 N.Y.2d 779 (1979)
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Stephen Mendolia, Respondent,
v.
Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility et al., Appellants.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued May 1, 1979.
Decided May 10, 1979.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Burton Herman and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for appellants.
Joel P. Gorham, Daniel J. Steinbock and David Steinberg for respondent.
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG.
Order reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed upon the ground that the remedy of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Mendolia v. Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional FacilityNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People Ex Rel. Lane v. VincentNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People Ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. CassclesNew York Court of Appeals · 1971