Case Name: Hector Solari, Respondent, v. Leon J. Vincent, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-01-08
Citations: 38 N.Y.2d 835
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hector Solari, Respondent, v Leon J. Vincent, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 835–836

Head Matter:
Hector Solari, Respondent, v Leon J. Vincent, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants.
Argued November 21, 1975;
decided January 8, 1976
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Carl Saks and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for appellants.
Louis A. Tirelli for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed on the ground of mootness (cf. Matter of Cummings v Regan, 36 NY2d 969, 971).
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Cooke dissents and votes to affirm in the following memorandum in which Judge Jones concurs.