Case Name: In the Matter of John McWilliams, Appellant, v. Yoosuf A. Haveliwala, as Director of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-12-16
Citations: 52 N.Y.2d 727
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John McWilliams, Appellant, v Yoosuf A. Haveliwala, as Director of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 727–728

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John McWilliams, Appellant, v Yoosuf A. Haveliwala, as Director of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Respondent.
Argued November 17, 1980;
decided December 16, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Eugene F. Frink for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Arlene R. Silverman and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (70 AD2d 659).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.