While the outcome of the judgment is not that surprising, the Court's reasoning is only partly helpful in shedding further light on the principle of conferral and the choice of the correct legal basis for the conclusion of international agreements when an agreement covers a number of policy areas. (europeanlawblog.eu)
Regarding the liability portion, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, noted that «when a rational basis for the conclusion approved by the DHR is found, the judicial function is exhausted.» (nar.realtor)
The redactions — rendered in the released files as white blanks — make the material hard to follow at times: A section titled «The Factual Basis for the Conclusions» is thereafter blank for 47 pages. (nystateofpolitics.com)