Legal Opinion
MATTER OF WESTON v. Sloan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Petitioners are a registered voter and an unsuccessful candidate for the Seventh District State senatorial seat held in 1992 by Senator Michael J. Tully, Jr. They instituted this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking judicial review of a determination by respondent Sloan, Secretary of the Senate, which denied their request for information concerning Senator Tully’s publicly funded mailings. The issue presented is whether such information must be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 88 [2] [FOIL]). We conclude that such information is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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