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O'Garro v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

46 N.Y.2d 853 Court N.Y. Decision date 1979-02-06 English

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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
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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Alvin C. Morris for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Harold Tompkins and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondents.
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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.

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