ALBANY – If the AIG civil fraud defendants want Eliot Spitzer’s private emails, and if the attorney general wants to avoid any obligation to retrieve the correspondence, somebody really ought to talk to Spitzer, an appellate panel said Thursday.

The Appellate Division, Third Department, unanimously ruled that Spitzer, the former attorney general, has a right to be heard on whether his private emails are public property. It sent the matter back to Supreme Court with instructions to join Spitzer in the action.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]