WESTCHESTER NEWS v. KIMBALL


50 N.Y.2d 575 (1980)

In the Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., Respondent, v. Lester M. Kimball, as Clerk and Records Access Officer of the Village of Ossining, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh A. Lavery, Jr., for appellants.

Charles M. Feuer and Arthur D. Brennan for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and MEYER concur; Judge GABRIELLI taking no part.


FUCHSBERG, J.

In the context of a request for disclosure of records of a volunteer fire department, this appeal calls upon us to further explore the reach of the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, art 6). A subsidiary question treats with the exemption the statute provides for matters constituting an unwarranted invasion of privacy (Public Officers Law, § 87, subd 2, par [b]).

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