Orange County Publications, Division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. County of Orange

— In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to direct the respondents to comply with Public Officers Law § 105, which proceeding was converted, in part, by Supreme Court, sua sponte, pursuant to CPLR 103 (c), into an action for a declaratory judgment, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Jiudice, J.), dated April 18, 1985, which denied the application in its entirety.

Judgment reversed, on the law, with costs, petition granted to the extent that the respondents are determined to be in contempt, the respondents are fined $250, the petitioner…