Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. Del Giacco
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William H. Keniry, J.
The petitioners, two inmates in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and a staff attorney with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, have initiated this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge the denial of their Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request by the respondents, employees of the State Commission of Correction (the Commission). The request sought the Commission’s "entire investigatory file” concerning a July 8, 1986 melee in the north yard of the Clinton Correctional Facility resulting in injuries to…
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