Legal Opinion
Sam v. Sanders
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
On the record it cannot be said that the courts below abused their discretion under the statute (Social Services Law, § 372, subd 3) in limiting disclosure as they have. We note in particular that the denial of additional disclosure of matters relating to petitioner’s sisters was without prejudice to his right to reapply. In such a proceeding the petitioner, being the applicant, should bear the burden of convincing the court that disclosure would be “proper”, as the statute provides. It may be…
2Cited by9 opinions
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- In re the Arbitration between Roberts & Sheltering Arms Childrens ServiceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Llorente v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Wise v. BattistoniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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