KWITNY v. MCGUIRE


102 Misc.2d 124 (1979)

In the Matter of Jonathan Kwitny, Petitioner, v. Robert J. McGuire, as Commissioner of Police of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

December 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler (Mark R. Hellerer of counsel), for petitioner. Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Joseph I. Lauer, Gabriel Taussig and Michael S. Simon of counsel), for respondents.


RICHARD W. WALLACH, J.

Petitioner is a newspaper reporter employed by the Wall Street Journal. In this CPLR article 78 proceeding he seeks a judgment compelling respondent police commissioner to permit him to inspect approved pistol license applications on file with the New York City Police Department, presumably as the predicate for research and publication of findings.

The commissioner resists...

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