Legal Opinion
Karlin v. McMahon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2001PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*843OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with this memorandum.
All government records are presumptively open for public inspection unless specifically exempt from disclosure by State or Federal statute (Public Officers Law § 87 [2]). Here, Civil Rights Law § 50-b (1) provides a statutory exemption from disclosure for documents that tend to identify the victim of a sex offense. Civil Rights Law § 50-b (2) (a), which allows disclosure of such documents to a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gould v. New York City Police DepartmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Fappiano v. New York City Police DepartmentNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Short v. Board of ManagersNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by18 opinions
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