Legal Opinion
Stoll v. New York State College of Veterinary Medicine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 4, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carpinello, J.
Petitioner is an attorney who represents James Maas, a tenured professor at respondent Cornell University disciplined for sexually harassing four female students. The central issue before this Court is whether Cornell should be compelled to comply with petitioner’s Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]) request for documents concerning any complaints brought under Cornell’s "Campus Code of Conduct” with respect to the four statutory colleges operated by it.* The request was denied on the ground that, as a private…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stoll v. COLL. OF VETERINARYNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Stoll v. New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1999