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MTR. OF SAVASTANO v. PREVOST

66 N.Y.2d 47 (1985)

In the Matter of Francis M. Savastano, as Director of Mental Health Information Services, et al., Respondents, v. James A. Prevost, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert L. Schonfeld and Robert Hermann of counsel), for appellants.

Francis M. Savastano, pro se, and Dennis B. Feld for Francis M. Savastano, respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

This article 78 proceeding was commenced on behalf of 25 patients (petitioners) at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, a facility under the jurisdiction of respondent Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health (OMH), seeking transfer to an appropriate facility under the jurisdiction of respondent Commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD). The central issues on appeal are...

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