Research

Scope and Content Note

This series contains a wide variety of materials compiled by Department of Law staff during litigation of the following cases: (1) State of New Jersey v. State of New York, 523 U.S. 767 (1998); (2) a civil action filed against the State of New York and the New York State Police by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York; (4) General Electric v. NY Dept. of Labor; and (5) NY v. Wal-Mart. The records for each case may include: summonses; depositions; exhibits; expert reports; memoranda; correspondence; briefs; motions; orders; transcripts of expert witness testimony; examinations before trial; evidence lists; hearing transcripts; affidavits; interrogatories; requests for expert witnesses; pleadings; responses; decisions; decrees; and copies of documents presented as evidence by plaintiff and defendant.

Accretion 19352-03, which documents State of New Jersey v. State of New York, also contains background reports, notes, and research materials; press releases; reports of the special master; maps; aerial photographs; engineering and architectural plans; survey drawings; and one oversized exhibit poster. Accretion 19352-03A, which documents the civil action filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, also contains extensive research and background materials relating to similar suits filed by the EEOC against other states including Mississippi, Wyoming, Vermont, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Accretion 19352-07 documents the case Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York. Accretion 19352-08 case files document General Electric v. NY Dept. of Labor, regarding the Dept. of Labor's policy of setting wage rates; and NY v. Wal-Mart, regarding dating policies for Wal-Mart employees and interpretations of NY Labor Law.

19352-09A: This accretion documents litigation related to the case New York State v. Danny's Franchise System, Inc.

19352-09D: This accretion documents litigation related to the case Delaware v. New York.

19352-10: This accretion documents litigation related to the case Hurley v. Ward, which challenged the constitutionality of "strip frisk" searching (searches of an inmate's person and his clothes after he has removed all his clothing) in New York State correctional facilities.

19352-10A, 19352-10B: These accretions document litigation related to the case National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) v. New York State Education Department, which alleged that state and county agencies responsible for educating and providing social services to homeless children in Suffolk County failed to ensure that homeless children attained a free, public education.

19352-11: This accretion exclusively documents the case Citizens for Yonkers v. State of New York.

19352-11A: This accretion exclusively documents the case Federated Conservationist v. City of Yonkers.

19352-11B: This accretion exclusively documents the case UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Yonkers Branch-National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. YONKERS BOARD OF EDUCATION; City of Yonkers; and Yonkers Community Development Agency, Defendants. No. 80 Civ. 6761 (LBS). United States District Court, Southern District of New York.

19352-13: This accretion documents the cases Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York, People of the State of California v. R.J. Reynolds, and other tobacco litigation related to R.J. Reynolds and the "Kool Mixx" advertising campaign.

19352-14: This accretion consists of Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's 2013 request to the state Supreme Court in Wyoming County to make public the bulk of volumes 2-3 of the final report of Bernard S. Meyer, former Special Assistant Attorney General, on charges of official impropriety in the investigation and prosecution of crimes allegedly committed during the 1971 Attica prison riot and the state's subsequent retaking of the facility ("Meyer Report"). Supreme Court justices at first proposed to extensively redact these volumes, but finally ruled in 1981 that they should be sealed in their entirety. The Attorney General's 2013 petition, given the passage of time and public interest, requested minimal redaction of the report's contents.

The accretion also includes a copy of Supreme Court Justice Patrick NeMoyer's order, dated April 24, 2014, in the matter of the Attorney General's application to disclose the "Meyer Report." The copy was provided in response to a letter from State Archivist Christine Ward, requesting a copy of the document for the New York State Archives.