DOE v. KLEIN


143 N.J. Super. 134 (1976)

362 A.2d 1204

JANE DOE, A. A., B. B., C. C., D. D., E. E., AND F. F., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ANN KLEIN, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES; MORRIS FOYE, ADMINISTRATOR, GREYSTONE PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL; FRANK FENNIMORE, M. D., MEDICAL DIRECTOR, GREYSTONE PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL; MIKHAIL ROTOV, M. D., ACTING DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES; RICHARD WINANS, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL, GREYSTONE PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Laura M. LeWinn, Deputy Director, Division of Mental Health Advocacy, argued the cause on behalf of appellants (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney).

Mr. David S. Baime, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause on behalf of respondents (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Donald G. Collester, Jr., Morris County Prosecutor, joined in the brief submitted on behalf of respondents.

Before Judges HALPERN, CRANE and MICHELS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by MICHELS, J.A.D.

Plaintiffs appeal by leave of this court from an interlocutory order of the Law Division denying their motion for discovery of the minutes of the testimony heard by the Morris County Grand Jury pertinent to that body's presentment on Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (Greystone).

The Division of Mental Health Advocacy of the Department of the Public Advocate, representing several unnamed plaintiffs...

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