CASE SUMMARY: LFTG v. Willingboro Township

CASE SUMMARY:  LFTG v. Willingboro Township   Case Name: Libertarians for Transparent Government (LFTG) v. Willingboro Township and Sarah Wooding Docket Number: BUR-L-1415-16 County: Burlington Filing Date: July 1, 2016 Presiding Judge:  Bookbinder, Ronald E. Status: Resolved except issue of attorney fees award.   Overview: This case sought to determine whether a proposed release exchanged Read More …

Lawsuit argues that 3-yr old, unapproved, public meeting minutes are not “deliberative”

Many people who have sought public meeting minutes have heard the familiar refrain, “the minutes are not approved for release.” That would seem to imply that failure of a governing body to adopt a set of minutes could forever block their release, even for minutes of an open public meeting. The OPMA and OPRA laws Read More …

Appellate Court ruling: No residency requirement for OPRA

UPDATE (5/16/2018):  An Appellate Court ruled today that the right to request records under OPRA is not limited to New Jersey residents. The ruling upheld a lower court opinion in Burlington County and reversed those in Cape May and Atlantic Counties. The three cases were consolidated for the purpose of the Appellate review. In the Read More …

CASE SUMMARY: John Paff v. Township of Moorestown

Case Name: John Paff v. Township of Moorestown, et al Docket Number: BUR-L-340-16 County: Burlington Filing Date: February 16, 2016 Presiding Judge: Ronald E. Bookbinder Status: OPRA loss/OPMA win. The case is currently on appeal.   Overview: This case presents the issue of whether the minutes of an October 19, 2012 public meeting of the Read More …

Lumberton public records go missing … a second time

UPDATE (8/17/15) – Judge Marc M. Baldwin will preside over the hearing in Paff v. Lumberton.  The hearing is currently scheduled for September 4, 2015. UPDATE (8/18/2015) – Click here for a Burlington County Times news story on this topic.  According to the township attorney, the 2011-2013 closed session meeting minutes were stored on a thumb Read More …