Court finds that Summit Housing Authority violated OPRA

UPDATE (8/22/2015) – See bottom of this post for the list of case documents to date. — Press Release July 16, 2015 For immediate release CONTACT: New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) https://njfog.org/contact/ Union County Superior Court Judge James Hely issued an opinion on Monday, July 13 that the Summit Housing Authority failed to properly reply Read More …

Atlantic County Judge says public agencies can’t sue under OPRA!

A judge in Atlantic County has held that public agencies cannot sue requestors for declarations that the records sought are not subject to OPRA.  The court affirmed that only the requestor can sue under OPRA and awarded attorney’s fees to the defendant-requestor! Click HERE to see the written opinion and order in the case, Township of Hamilton v. Read More …