Case Name: In the Matter of Roy Green, Respondent, v. Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant, et al., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-02-09
Citations: 55 N.Y.2d 908
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Roy Green, Respondent, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant, et al., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 908–910

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Roy Green, Respondent, v Barbara Blum, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Appellant, et al., Respondent.
Argued. January 7, 1982;
decided February 9, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Clifford A. Royael and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for appellant.
Catherine Charuk for Roy Green, respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, without costs, for reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by former Justice J. Clarence Herlihy at the Appellate Division (80 AD2d 668) and the determination of the State commissioner reinstated.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer. Taking no part: Judge Jones.