Case Name: In the Matter of James Watson, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-10-13
Citations: 72 N.Y.2d 965
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of James Watson, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 965–967

Head Matter:
In the Matter of James Watson, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Argued September 9, 1988;
decided October 13, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Lee A. Davis and David C. Leven for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (132 AD2d 831).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.