Legal Opinion
Canty v. Office of Counsel
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
George B. Ceresia, Jr., J.
The petitioner, an inmate at Southport Correctional Facility, has commenced the instant CPLR article 78 proceeding to review a determination dated October 29, 2009 which denied his Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for production of the accident reports of certain correction officers who were injured during a riot which occurred on June 14, 2003 in the main yard of Auburn Correctional Facility. Respondent opposes the petition, maintaining that the documents are exempt from disclosure.
As a part of its argument that the accident reports are…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Data Tree, LLC v. RomaineNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
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