Legal Opinion

Newsday, Inc. v. Sise

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 20, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eiber, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, we are called upon to determine whether the petitioner, the publisher of a daily newspaper, may, pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law (hereinafter FOIL) (Public Officers Law art 6), compel the Commissioner of Jurors to disclose the names and addresses of those persons selected and sworn to serve as jurors on a highly publicized murder trial. A second and related issue which we are asked to consider is whether Judiciary Law § 509 (a)1 protects from unrestricted disclosure information that is contained in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Fink v. LefkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. M. Farbman & Sons, Inc. v. New York City HealthNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. De LuciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. People v. GuzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Scott v. Records Access OfficerNew York Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Taylor v. PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. PerkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. In re GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. New York News Inc. v. GrinkerNew York Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Bell v. PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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