Legal Opinion
Leo Hurwitz v. The United States of America and the Central Intelligence Agency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 6, 1989No. 861, Docket 88-6283PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Eleven years ago in Birnbaum v. United States, 588 F.2d 319 (2d Cir.1978), we judged from a reading of past cases and from an assessment of modern legal thinking that New York’s courts would recognize an action for an interference with “the right to be free from an unreasonable intrusion.” Id. at 326. Time has proved that judgment wrong. New York’s highest court has consistently reminded litigants that no so-called common law right of privacy exists in New York. See Freihofer v. Hearst Corp., 65 N.Y.2d 135, 140, 490 N.Y. S.2d 735, 480 N.E.2d 349 (1985); Arrington v.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Arrington v. New York Times Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Norman Birnbaum, B. Leonard Avery and Mary Rule MacMillen Plaintiffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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