Shields v. Katz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring Mental Hygiene Law § 29.23 unconstitutional and seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roncallo, J.), entered March 19, 1987, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to join a necessary party and lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, and the defendants’ motion is denied.
The plaintiffs and the class they seek to represent were at various times patients at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center…
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