NEWARK v. NYC LAW DEPT.


194 Misc.2d 246 (2002)

754 N.Y.S.2d 141

CITY OF NEWARK et al., Petitioners, v. LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents, and DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Intervenor-Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

October 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Rudin, David Reich and Weiner Lesniak, Parsipanny, New Jersey, Brown & Brown, P.C., Newark, New Jersey (Raymond Brown of counsel), and Jackson & Nash, New York City (Ronald Herzog of counsel), for petitioners.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Janice Birnbaum of counsel), for respondents.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York City (Michael J. Dell and Megan P. Davis of counsel), for intervenor-respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WILLIAM A. WETZEL, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding brought under New York's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), petitioners, the City of Newark (Newark), its Mayor Sharpe James, and the members of its Municipal Council, seek to compel production of litigation files and other documents in the possession of the New York City Law Department (Law Department) concerning an ongoing court...

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