Legal Opinion
Fappiano v. New York City Police Department
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 2001PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
Petitioners in these three appeals each seek to compel the respondent police departments to comply with their Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for records pertaining to the sex crimes for which they were convicted. Petitioners requested the documents for use in collateral review of their convictions. The police departments, citing Civil Rights Law § 50-b (1), refused the requests in their entirety. Civil Rights Law § 50-b (1) prohibits disclosure by a government employee of any portion of a police report, court file or other document which tends to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- John P. v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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