Case Name: In the Matter of Richard A. Rainka, Appellant, v. Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-11-20
Citations: 51 N.Y.2d 973
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Richard A. Rainka, Appellant, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 973–975

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Richard A. Rainka, Appellant, v Robert P. Whalen, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the State of New York, Respondent.
Argued October 17, 1980;
decided November 20, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Richard H. Weiner and Terence J. Devine for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (William J. Kogan 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 (73 AD2d 731).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.