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Singh disagreed when he denied the request pertaining to Laurie Fine's alleged relationships with players.
"What Boeheim knew, or may have known, about the personal life of the assistant coach's wife has no bearing on whether Boeheim's public remarks in defense of the assistant coach were libelous," he wrote.
Lawyers on all sides didn't immediately return calls after the ruling.
At the hearing earlier Friday, lawyers for the university didn't address the allegations about Laurie Fine, focusing instead on the request for information, legally known as discovery.
"I don't see a legitimate need, based on the (legal arguments) and the status today, to give them any discovery," said Helen Cantwell, a lawyer for the university.
Lang and Davis chose to sue in New York City, where their lawyers say some important witnesses may live. The university and Boeheim want the case moved to Onondaga County, noting that that's where everything allegedly happened and that it's home to the university, Boeheim and Davis. Lang lives in Oswego County, in central New York.
"There's no proper venue here in (Manhattan)," Cantwell told the judge.
Davis and Lang's lawyers, on the other hand, say the case can't get a fair airing in Syracuse because of the stature the university, its basketball team and Boeheim enjoy there.
Boeheim is prominent and well-connected in the community, where the university is a major employer, Wang said.
"All of that, your honor, we think, does affect how people see things," she said, ". even if they mean to do their best."
Boeheim's lawyers also were at the hearing but didn't speak.
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