Palmer v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

In a proceeding, inter alia, to vacate an alleged 1953 certification by the Department of Mental Hygiene that petitioner was an insane person, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated September 17, 1976, which denied the application without a hearing. Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements, on the memorandum decision of Mr. Justice Monteleone at Special Term. Cohalan, J. P., Titone and Hawkins, JJ., concur; Suozzi, J., dissents and votes to reverse the order and remand the proceeding to the Special Term for a hearing on the allegations raised in the…