MATTER OF HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES v. BRENNAN


53 A.D.3d 909 (2008)

861 N.Y.S.2d 234

In the Matter of HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent, v. PATRICK H. BRENNAN, as Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided July 17, 2008.


Malone Jr., J.

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (see Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]), petitioner requested from respondent Department of Agriculture and Markets (hereinafter respondent) records related to the production of foie gras at certain farms in the Town of Liberty, Sullivan County, and the Village of Great Neck, Nassau County. Respondent released more than 1,300 pages of documents, but withheld 43 documents on the basis that...

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