NYPD forced to respond to FOIL request. NYS Supreme Court Justice Moulton refuses to adopt Glomar Do
Hashimi requested information from the NYPD related to the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims. Hashimi believed that the NYPD maintained...
Court improperly relied upon PreSentence Report in determining whether crimes were committed on diff
The Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), imposes a 15‐year mandatory minimum sentence on violators who have three...
Police Entitled to Qualified Immunity - It was not Clearly Established law that Police can’t knock a
Facts: Pennsylvania State Police ("Police") get a report that Michael Zita ("Zita") had stolen a car, had two loaded handguns and fled...
NYC Police Union cannot intervene in NYPD Stop and Frisk Case
The Court of Appeals reviewed and affirmed the District Court’s decision to deny the Police Unions’ motion to intervene pursuant to using...
A plaintiff has a 42 U.S.C. §1981 cause of action for retaliation against a superior if she or he wa
Both the Plaintiff and two former teachers at their school sued the New York City Department of Education. The case was removed,...
The Will was not a product of undue influence – recent departure from prior testamentary scheme uphe
The facts are as follows, The Trust provides that, upon the death of the grantors, the trust terminates and the trustees [sic] shall...
ACLU’s request denied – although the Freedom of Information Act was to “ensure an informed citizenry
This case was brought to obtain documents relating to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. “Specifically, section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act...
Second Department overturns Family Court on the basis of a Surveillance Videotape as contrary to the
Facts: “On June 5, 2012, the complainant, who was then in eighth grade, wore his mother's wig to school as a joke. As he entered the...
Article 78 Proceeding was premature – although significantly delayed, no final determination was iss
“The application by pro se petitioner for an order pursuant to CPLR Article 78, compelling respondents to provide petitioner with records...
Motion for Summary Judgment Granted – Failure to produce clean boxer results in Breach of Contract
Plaintiffs Vladimir Hrunov and Andrey Ryabinskiy are Russian boxing promoters who do business as World of Boxing ("WOB"). Defendant Don...
