Case Name: In the Matter of Donald V. Wade, Appellant, v. Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-04-22
Citations: 49 N.Y.2d 947
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Donald V. Wade, Appellant, v Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 947–948

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Donald V. Wade, Appellant, v Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York et al., Respondents.
Argued March 20, 1980;
decided April 22, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Christopher A. Hansen, Robert M. Levy and Leo P. Davis for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Thomas P. Dorsey, Shirley Adelson Siegel and Robert L. Schonfeld of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (71 AD2d 628; see, also, Matter of Dorothy D., 49 NY2d 212).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.