Publication Date: 2015-07-31
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Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
Judge: Before: Dillon, J.P., Leventhal, Austin, Sgroi, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant Letitia James, as Public Advocate for the City of New York (one brief filed): Matthew D. Brinckerhoff and Orion Danjuma of counsel, Jennifer Levy, New York, N.Y., and Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP, New York, N.Y.
for defendant: For appellant Legal Aid Society: Natalie Rea of counsel, Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, N.Y. For appellant New York Civil Liberties Union: Arthur Eisenberg and Corey Stoughton, New York, N.Y. For appellants Staten Island Branch of National Association for Advancement of Colored People and New York State Conference of Branches of National Association for Advancement of Colored People: James I. Myerson and Laura D. Blackburne, New York, N.Y. For respondent-respondent: Morrie I. Kleinbart and Anne Grady of counsel, Daniel L. Master, Jr., Acting District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. For The Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus of the New York State Legislature, amicus curiae: Andrew B. Stoll of counsel, Stoll, Glickman & Bellina, LLP, Brooklyn, N.Y. For Medgar Evers College Legal Pathways Program, amicus curaie: Elizabeth Roberts and Kevin Ferere on the brief, Sylvia Gail Kinard and Tobias Pinckney, Brooklyn, N.Y. For Advance Publications, Inc., American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Bloomberg, L.P., BuzzFeed, Cable News Network, Inc., Center for Investigative Reporting, Courthouse News Service, Daily News, L.P., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., First Amendment Coalition, First Look Media, Inc., Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, The McClatchy Company, MediaNews Group, Inc., The National Press Club, National Press Photographers Association, The New York Times Company, News 12, Newsday, LLC, North Jersey Media Group, Inc., NYP Holdings, Inc., Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reuters America, LLC, The Seattle Times Company, Society of Professional Journalists, Tully Center for Free Speech, and The Washington Post, amici curiae (one brief filed): Laura R. Handman of counsel, Bruce D. Brown, Gregg P. Leslie, and Tom Isler, Washington, D.C., for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, amicus curiae, and Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, N.Y.
Case Number: 80304/14
Cite as: James v. Donovan, 80304/14, NYLJ 1202733482174, at *1 (App. Div., 2nd, Decided July 29, 2015) CASE NAME In the Matter of Letitia James, etc., Appellan