MTR OF GANNETT CO. v. JAMES


108 Misc.2d 862 (1981)

In the Matter of Gannett Co., Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Constance B. James, as Records Access Officer of the City of Rochester, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Monroe County.

March 24, 1981


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (Robert C. Bernius of counsel), for petitioners. Louis N. Kash, Corporation Counsel (Jeffrey Eichner of counsel), for Constance B. James and others, respondents. John B. Doyle, County Attorney (Christine E. Burke of counsel), for Frederick W. Lapple and others, respondents.


ELIZABETH W. PINE, J.

Petitioners, a newspaper publisher and two reporters, seek judgment in this article 78 proceeding directing the disclosure of documents requested in six separate applications made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), article 6 of the Public Officers Law. Of the six records-access applications before this court, two were directed to the records-access officer for the City of Rochester, and four to the records-access...

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