Barbara v. Morgenthau

On the evening of June 7, 1975, one Isidore Morah was slain, apparently during the commission of a robbery, in a Manhattan hotel room. The New York City Police Department commenced an investigation.

On July 22, 1975, a patient at Queensboro Rehabilitation Center, a New York State Drug Abuse Control Commission facility, had a conversation with petitioner Barbara Anastasi, a narcotic parole officer. The patient, whom petitioners refer to as Jane Doe (see Rules of Department of Health, Education and Welfare, tit 42, ch 1, subch A, pt 2, § 2.64, [40 Fed Reg 27820]) made statements to Ms. Anastasi…