MATTER OF GOODSTEIN v. SHAW


119 Misc.2d 400 (1983)

In the Matter of Robert D. Goodstein, Petitioner, v. Robert R. Shaw, as Acting Commissioner of the State of New York, Division of Human Rights, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

May 26, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beldock, Levine & Hoffman (Melvin L. Wulf and Thomas R. Roberts of counsel), for petitioner. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Jeffrey I. Slonim of counsel), for respondent.


DAVID B. SAXE, J.

I do not believe that a citizen who complains to or inquires of his government expects that his correspondence revealing among other things his identity and home address will come into the hands of private entrepreneurs who seek to solicit his business. The present state of the law, I hold, incorporates these expectations.

The essential facts are as follows: The petitioner is an attorney engaged in the private practice of law...

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