An article from the New York Law Journal, “NRA Could Obtain Internal State Documents in Lawsuit Against Cuomo, DFS, After US Judge’s Review,” dated August 9, 2019, reports that a “series of documents that state officials from New York have wanted to withhold from the National Rifle Association in its lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a state agency will be reviewed by a federal judge in the coming weeks and could ultimately be disclosed to the gun lobby group.”
“For months, Gov. Cuomo and DFS have tried to conceal from the public, and the court, documents demonstrating the state’s internal rationale for its blacklisting campaign against the NRA,” said William A. Brewer III, partner at Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors and lead counsel for the NRA. “The NRA will aggressively pursue all the facts and press every advantage in this important advocacy.”
Brewer added, “This decision is a positive development for the NRA and its millions of members.”
The article states that the NRA is suing Cuomo, the Department of Financial Services and its former Superintendent Maria Vullo over claims that they “deliberately infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights through state actions.”
