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new york attorney general eric schneiderman's office denied cei<u+2019>s may 5, 2016 request for any common interest agreements, which was made under new york<u+2019>s freedom of information law (foil). his office claimed the records are exempt from disclosure.




cei is seeking all common interest agreements entered into by the office of the attorney general and which are signed by, mention or otherwise include the ags for other states or territories, as well as certain environmental activists. cei suspects that these agreements may be a pretext for simply shielding documents from public disclosure.




after supplying a common interest agreement to cei, ag schneiderman moved to dismiss our foil case against his office. our october 26, 2016 filing opposes that motion to dismiss on the grounds that there could be more relevant documents yet to be produced, and we also want the common interest agreement ruled invalid, so that it stops functioning as a shield against disclosure of information by ags.




case status: open court level: high proceedings, orders, and opinions timeline: date: wednesday, august 31, 2016 pdf: notice of petition <u+2013> albany.pdf title: notice of petition date: thursday, may 5, 2016 pdf: cei ny ag foil common interest agreements typo corrected.pdf title: request under new york foil date: tuesday, june 21, 2016 pdf: foil appeal by cei of ny ag's denial of cei's foil request about common <u+2026>.pdf title: cei appeal of ny foil denial date: wednesday, june 15, 2016 pdf: foil rejection of our foil request 6.15.2016.pdf title: ny foil request rejection date: thursday, july 7, 2016 pdf: rejection by ny of our foil administrative appeal.pdf title: administrative appeal of ny foil request rejection date: wednesday, august 31, 2016 pdf: request for judicial intervention.pdf title: request for judicial intervention date: wednesday, august 31, 2016 pdf: verified petition <u+2013> final version.pdf title: verified petition date: friday, august 26, 2016 pdf: affidavit of hans bader & exhibits.pdf title: affidavit of hans bader and exhibits date: wednesday, october 26, 2016 pdf: ny foil.st_. john affirmation signed.pdf title: oposition to motion to dismiss date: friday, september 30, 2016 pdf: ny motion to dismiss.pdf title: new york motion to dismiss news releases : cei sues ny ag schneiderman for common interest agreement on climate change subpoena campaign date: wednesday, august 31, 2016
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