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69 N.Y.2d 796 (1987)

In the Matter of David C., Appellant, a Person Alleged to be Mentally Retarded. Wassaic Developmental Center, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Michael C., Appellant, a Person Alleged to be Mentally Ill. Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Brooks, Robert A. Feenick and Francis M. Savastano for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert L. Schonfeld, Christopher Keith Hall, Thomas P. Dorsey, O. Peter Sherwood and Lawrence S. Kahn of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as it dismissed the appeal by Michael C., should be affirmed, without costs. The Appellate Division did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the appeal to that court for mootness (see, Matter of Anonymous, 55 N.Y.2d 1021).

The appeal by David C. should be dismissed, without costs, for mootness. We decline to...

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