DiPALMA v. PHELAN


81 N.Y.2d 754 (1992)

Rebecca Dipalma, Appellant, v. Gerald D. Phelan, Individually and as Chief of Police of the Town of Greece, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culley, Marks, Tanenbaum, Reifsteck, Potter & Capell, Rochester (Glenn E. Pezzulo and Elizabeth D. Taffe of counsel), for appellant.

Harter, Secrest & Emery, Rochester (Bruce E. Hansen and Carol L. O'Keefe of counsel), for respondents.

Acting Chief Judge SIMONS and Judges KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA and SMITH concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff commenced this tort action for damages claiming, among other things, that her right to privacy under the Federal Constitution had been violated when, acting under color of law, defendant Phelan, the Town Chief of Police, disclosed the contents of a supporting deposition that she had...

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