Case Name: Erie County et al., Respondents, v. Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-05-09
Citations: 44 N.Y. 817
Docket Number: 
Parties: Erie County et al., Respondents, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 817–823

Head Matter:
Erie County et al., Respondents, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, et al., Appellants.
Argued March 22, 1978;
decided May 9, 1978
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Michael F. Colligan, Ruth Kessler Toch and Kenneth J. Connolly of counsel), for appellants.
T. J. Szymanski, County Attorney (Justyn N. Miller and Susan C. Goldberg of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice Robert G. Main at the Appellate Division (57 AD2d 281).
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Cooke dissents and votes to reverse in the following opinion.