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WOE v. CUOMO

No. 332, Docket 83-7269.

729 F.2d 96 (1984)

Walter WOE, by his Mother and Guardian, Wilma WOE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mario CUOMO, individually and as Governor of New York; William Morris, individually and as Acting Commissioner of the Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York; Louis Smith, individually and as Director of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Birnbaum, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Caren S. Brutten, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., N.Y., Melvyn R. Leventhal, John P. Petrila, Seth Abrams, New York City), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, OAKES and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Although some of the mysteries of mental illness have yet to be unravelled, the ability of modern psychiatry to "minister to a mind diseased"1 has expanded dramatically in recent years. Through the use of psychotropic drugs and new methods of therapy, psychiatrists and other mental health workers can help their patients to lead more productive lives relatively free from the debilitating effects of mental...

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