Klostermann v. Cuomo

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1984-03-27

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OPINION OF THE COURT Chief Judge Cooke. The mentally ill, whether in a State institution or previously institutionalized and now homeless in New York City, are entitled to a declaration of their rights as against the State. Their claims do not present a nonjusticiable controversy merely because the activity contemplated on the State’s part may be complex and rife with the exercise of discretion. Rather, the…

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