Legal Opinion
Newsday, Inc. v. New York City Police Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 6, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Fingerhood, J.), entered on or about May 8, 1986, which, in a proceeding under CPLR article 78 seeking various police reports pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law, denied disclosure of certain reports, affirmed, without costs.
The procedural history, facts and issues are fairly presented in the dissenting opinion.
In our view, affirmance is required by the decision of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Matter of Gannett Co. v James (86 AD2d 744, lv denied 56 NY2d 502), which addressed essentially the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Capital Newspapers Division of the Hearst Corp. v. BurnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Gannett Co. v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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