Case Name: In the Matter of Thomas O'Garro, Appellant, v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-02-06
Citations: 46 N.Y.2d 853
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Thomas O’Garro, Appellant, v New York State Department of Mental Hygiene et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 853–855

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Thomas O’Garro, Appellant, v New York State Department of Mental Hygiene et al., Respondents.
Argued January 3, 1979;
decided February 6, 1979
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Alvin C. Morris for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Harold Tompkins and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, Jr., at the Appellate Division (60 AD2d 546-547), and the matter converted to a plenary action and remitted to Supreme Court, Bronx County, for further proceedings (CPLR 103, subd [c]).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg.