Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Clare J. Hoyt for Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General ( J. Bruce MacDonald, Wendell P. Brown Herman N. Harcourt of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. THOMAS J. CUNNINGHAM, Appellant, against JOHN F. McNEILL, as Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital, Respondent. Order affirmed; no opinion. Concur: LEWIS, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ.