Case Name: In the Matter of Karen Gorham, Petitioner, v. Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-01-07
Citations: 86 A.D.2d 505
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Karen Gorham, Petitioner, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 86
Pages: 505–509

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Karen Gorham, Petitioner, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Determination of respondent State commissioner, dated December 28,1979, annulled and the petition granted to the extent of remanding the proceeding to respondent city Department of Social Services for a de novo hearing, without costs and without disbursements. Present — Kupferman, J. P., Sullivan, Silverman, Bloom and Fein, JJ. Fein, J., concurs in a memorandum in which Sullivan, J., concurs; Bloom, J., concurs in a separate memorandum; and Kupferman, J. P., and Silverman, J., each dissent in separate memoranda as follows.