Case Name: In the Matter of Kew Gardens Sanitarium, Inc., et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants-Respondents, v. Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant; In the Matter of Medical Arts Sanitarium, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v. Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-11-15
Citations: 43 N.Y.2d 675
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Kew Gardens Sanitarium, Inc., et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants-Respondents, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant. In the Matter of Medical Arts Sanitarium, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 675–677

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Kew Gardens Sanitarium, Inc., et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants-Respondents, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant. In the Matter of Medical Arts Sanitarium, Inc., Appellant-Respondent, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant.
Argued October 12, 1977;
decided November 15,1977
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert H. Iseman for appellants-respondents.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Clifford A. Royael and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, without costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice Michael E. Sweeney at the Appellate Division (55 AD2d 226).
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.