MATTER OF "ANONYMOUS" v. PEOPLE


20 A.D.2d 395 (1964)

In the Matter of "ANONYMOUS" et al., Appellants, v. The People of the State of New York, Respondent In the Matter of Lillian V. Fish, Respondent v. Peter M. Horn, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Weinberg of counsel (Irving Galt with him on the brief; Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General), for Lillian V. Fish, Superintendent of Westfield State Farm.

Annette Pinsky of counsel (Charles Schinitsky, attorney), for "Anonymous", appellant.

Edward J. Bloustein for Peter M. Horn, appellant.

BOTEIN, P. J., and EAGER, J., concur with VALENTE, J.; STEUER, J., dissents in opinion in which WITMER, J., concurs.


VALENTE, J.

These two appeals present questions concerning the validity of orders of disposition of the Family Court — pursuant to sections 754 and 756 of the Family Court Act — placing 17-year-old girls in Westfield State Farm, a women's reformatory under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction.

In Matter of "Anonymous" v. People, the appeal is by the Superintendent of Westfield...

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