New York Post Corp. v. Moses
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
This is an appeal from an order entered June 29, 1960 which dismissed an article 78 proceeding in" which petitioner sought to inspect certain files, records and minutes of respondents (hereinafter called “ Authority ”) for 10 years past.
The court in dismissing the petition concluded that section 66 of the Public Officers Law and section 51 of the General Municipal Law do not apply, and held that the petitioner had not shown itself to have any special interest or such clear legal right as would entitle it to the relief sought. The court said also that by virtue of the nature of the Authority,…
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