His many rulings include authorizing the publication of Jeffrey Toobin 's '' Opening Arguments '' , an account of the Iran – Contra affair , over the objections and threat of prosecution by Lawrence E. Walsh ; managing the delivery of medical relief funds to India following the Union Carbide Corporation gas plant disaster in Bhopal and dismissing attempts to sue Union Carbide in U.S. courts rather than in India ; denying a gay Irish group the right to hold its own march on the same day as the city 's St. Patrick 's Day parade in 1995 , determining that the city 's claims that it would pose a safety hazard trumped the group 's First Amendment claims . He presided at the trial of Bess Myerson , New York City Cultural Affairs Commissioner , on corruption charges in 1988 and that of Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on racketeering charges in 1990
gas plant disaster in Bhopal
Bhopal disaster
John F. Keenan