Gorton v. Dow

William R. Brennan, Jr., J.

Petitioner, a trustee of the Farming-dale Public Library, seeks in this article 78 proceeding to enjoin the Director of the Library and petitioner’s four cotrustees from denying petitioner direct access to the office files and records of the library "and to annul and set aside a purported regulation adopted by the board which sets forth the procedure to be followed in examining such records. The petition is dismissed.

It is axiomatic that a trustee of a municipal corporation, having the ultimate responsibility over the affairs of the corporation (Education Law, §…