ALBANY – The Court of Appeals yesterday sent a not-so-subtle message to government agencies dealing with requests for information under the Freedom of Information Law: Be reasonable and do not waste the courts’ time.

In a unanimous decision, the judges found themselves “at a loss to understand” why Matter of Schenectady County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Mills, 163, ever got to any court, let alone the state’s highest.

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