Case Name: In the Matter of Annie Bolden, Appellant, v. Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-12-17
Citations: 48 N.Y.2d 946
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Annie Bolden, Appellant, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 946–949

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Annie Bolden, Appellant, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Argued November 14, 1979;
decided December 17, 1979
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Timothy Casey, David L. Posner, Joan E. Schmukler and Henry Friedman for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Carl E. Stephan and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice J. Clarence Herlihy at the Appellate Division (68 AD2d 600).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Meyer dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge Gabrielli concurs.