Case
Legal Insurrection Foundation v. SUNY Upstate Medical University (Failure to Respond to Public Records Request Challenged)
Case Particulars
Tribunal
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Onondaga (trial level)
Date Filed
April 8, 2021
Docket No.
003459/2021
Case Status
Court sustained LIF’s petition in part, and ordered SUNY Upstate Medical Center to turn over a substantial number of documents.
Case Overview
Legal Insurrection Foundation sued State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center over its refusal to respond to requests under New York’s Freedom of Information Law. LIF sought the documents after receiving a report that administratively-driven racial identity politics were consuming the school. The court sustained LIF’s petition “with respect to Request #2 and as to Request #7 as to meeting minutes, meeting agendas and presentation material… [and] electronic records for Dr. Dykes…” and ordered the documents turned over to LIF.
Case Documents
Notice of Petition April 8, 2021
Verified Petition with Exhibits April 8, 2021
Memorandum of Law in Support of Verified Petition April 8, 2021
Decision and Order June 28, 2021
Media Coverage
William A. Jacobson, Court Orders SUNY Upstate Medical University To Turn Over Critical Race Training Docs To Legal Insurrection Foundation, LEGAL INSURRECTION (June 29, 2021).
William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection Sues SUNY Upstate Medical Univ. Over Refusal To Produce Critical Race Training Records, LEGAL INSURRECTION (April 8, 2021).