In the Matter of Talib W. Abdur-Rashid, Appellant,v.New York City Police Department, et al., Respondents.--------------------------------In the Matter of Samir Hashmi, Appellant, v. New York City Police Department, et al., Respondents.
Holding that an "official acknowledgment waiver relates only to the existence or nonexistence of the records," and remanding "to the district court where the CIA must either disclose any officially acknowledged records or establish both that their contents are exempt from disclosure and that such exemption has not also been waived"
In Matter of Gould v. New York City Police Dept. (89 N.Y.2d 267, 274-275), the Court of Appeals noted that "[a]ll government records are * * * presumptively open for public inspection and copying" under FOIL "unless they fall within one of the enumerated exemptions of Public Officers Law § 87(2)".
In Matter of Capital Newspapers v. Burns, 67 N.Y.2d 562, 505 N.Y.S.2d 576, 496 N.E.2d 665 (Ct.App.1986), the Court of Appeals stated that " the legislative intent underlying the enactment of Civil Rights Law § 50-a was narrowly specific, ‘ to prevent time-consuming and perhaps vexatious investigation into irrelevant collateral matters in the context of a civil or criminal action.’ "
Holding the "near-blanket" FOIA exemption to protect sources and methods "authorizes the CIA's refusal to confirm or deny the existence of an employment relationship between itself and [an individual]."
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Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party
50 U.S.C. § 421 EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATIONSection 421, comprising section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as section 3121 of this title.