Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Katz
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 10, 1986PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alexander, J.
We are presented on this appeal with the issue of whether and under what circumstances the State may forcibly admin*490ister antipsychotic drugs1 to a mentally ill patient who has been involuntarily confined to a State facility.
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When this litigation commenced, appellants Mark Rivers, Florence Zatz and Florence Grassi were patients at the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center. Each was being retained pursuant to orders of the Dutchess County Court which had found them to be persons "in need of involuntary care and treatment” in that they have a "mental illness for which…
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