Board of Visitors - Marcy Psychiatric Center v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously modified, on the law, in accordance with memorandum and, as modified, affirmed, with costs to respondents. Memorandum: Respondents, the. Commissioner of the Department of Correction, the Acting Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health and other State officials appeal from a judgment restraining and prohibiting them from taking any and all actions to locate a medium security correctional facility at the Marcy Psychiatric Center, Marcy, New York, without having first obtained legislative approval by amendment of section 7.17 of the Mental Hygiene Law and without first…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tri-County Taxpayers Ass'n v. Town Board of QueensburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Devitt v. HeimbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Board of Visitors - Marcy Psychiatric Center v. CoughlinNew York Supreme Court · 1983