Helen E. Jones

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that courts must not intervene in the administration of municipal or state programs involving allocation of resources and policy judgments, affirming the dismissal of the animal‑rights plaintiffs in Jones and reversing the lower court in Bowen, dismissing the mental‑health plaintiffs' complaint. The decisions were based on justiciability and the political‑question doctrine, not on the plaintiffs' standing.