Legal Opinion
Clegg v. Bon Temps, Ltd.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 9, 1982PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
This is a defamation action brought in Small Claims Court by a former employee against her employer for an alleged libel resulting from the sending of a letter to the New . York State Department of Labor concerning claimant’s application for unemployment compensation. The issue raised on this motion is whether claimant’s subpoena, seeking to obtain that letter as well as other records and documents from the Department of Labor, predicated upon her belief that ordinary pretrial disclosure as well as the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fink v. LefkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Cirale v. 80 Pine Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. KimballNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Zuckerman v. New York State Board of ParoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Simpson v. Oil Transfer CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. EllisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Weiner v. Tel Aviv Car & Limousine Service, Ltd.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1988
- Guarcello v. KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesNew Rochelle City Court · 1993
- Pappas v. Air FranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- Batshever v. OkinCivil Court of the City of New York · 2006
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