Legal Opinion

Ferrara v. Superintendent, New York State Police

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided August 19, 1998No. 1:97-cv-01063PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM—DECISION AND ORDER

KAHN, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the defendants in their official capacities, alleging that them refusal to grant his request for disclosure of an internal investigation report under the New York Freedom of Information Law, N.Y.Pub.Off.Law § 84, et seq. (McKinney 1988) (hereinafter “FOIL”) violated his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Presently before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. 1 For the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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