Case Name: Margie Whitehead, Appellant, v. State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-10-07
Citations: 51 N.Y.2d 781
Docket Number: 
Parties: Margie Whitehead, Appellant, v State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene, et al., Respondents.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 781–782

Head Matter:
Margie Whitehead, Appellant, v State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene, et al., Respondents.
Argued September 3, 1980;
decided October 7, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Alan J. Azzara and Edwin Jacobson for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert A. Forte and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (71 AD2d 653).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.