WINTERS v. MILLER

No. 69-C-783.

306 F.Supp. 1158 (1969)

Miriam WINTERS, on behalf of herself and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Alan D. MILLER, M.D., as Commissioner of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York; Alexander Thomas, M.D., as Director of the Psychiatric Division, Bellevue Hospital Center; Francis J. O'Neill, M.D., as Director of Central Islip State Hospital; and doctors on the staffs of Bellevue Hospital and Central Islip State Hospital whose names are unknown to plaintiff, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

November 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Albany, N. Y., for defendants Miller and O'Neill; Joel H. Sachs, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel of City of New York, for defendant Thomas; Thomas F. Burchill, Asst. Corporation Counsel of City of New York, of counsel.


TRAVIA, District Judge.

At the outset, the Court must commend the attorneys representing the parties for their very fine moving and opposing papers, their thorough briefs and their articulate presentation of the facts and law on the oral arguments.

The facts surrounding this action are thoroughly and with particularity set forth in the papers on file but for the purpose of this memoradum of decision the Court shall set forth those facts which seem to bear...

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