MATTER OF WESTON v. SLOAN


84 N.Y.2d 462 (1994)

643 N.E.2d 1071

619 N.Y.S.2d 255

In the Matter of Burton Weston et al., Appellants, v. Steven Sloan, as Secretary of the Senate, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Siris, Manhasset, for appellants.

G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney-General, Albany (Frank K. Walsh, Jerry Boone and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Andrew Greenblatt, New York City, for New York State Common Cause, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


SIMONS, J.

Petitioners are a registered voter and an unsuccessful candidate for the Seventh District State senatorial seat held in 1992 by Senator Michael J. Tully, Jr. They instituted this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking judicial review of a determination by respondent Sloan, Secretary of the Senate, which denied their request for information concerning Senator...

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