Legal Opinion
Rapoport v. G. M.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 12, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to Public Health Law § 2120, the nonparty Maroney Ponzini & Spencer appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nicolai, J.), entered April 15, 1996, which denied its application for an award of counsel fees.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
In a proceeding pursuant to Public Health Law § 2120 to involuntarily hospitalize a person there exists a constitutional right to counsel because the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rivers v. KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- In Re St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
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