Rivers v. Katz, 1
| Decision Date | 05 August 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 2,No. 1,1,2 |
| Citation | 491 N.Y.S.2d 1011,112 A.D.2d 926 |
| Parties | Mark RIVERS, et al., Appellants, v. Stephen KATZ, et al., Respondents. (Matter). Florence GRASSI, Appellant, v. Wendy ACRISH, et al., Respondents. (Matter). |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Mental Health Information Service, Wingdale (William M. Brooks and Robert A. Feenick, of counsel), for appellants. Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., New York City (Peter Sherwood, Thomas P. Dorsey and Robert L. Schonfeld, New York City, of counsel), for respondents.
Order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Dickinson, J.), dated October 25, 1984, and two judgments of the same court (Beisner, J.), dated December 4, 1984 and January 8, 1985, respectively, affirmed, without costs or disbursements, for reasons stated in the decisions at Special Term.
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