Suit by Teacher Whose Students Wrote to Cop-Killer Proceeds

Can a public body deliberate in private when a Rice Notice recipient has opted to have the matter addressed at an open public meeting?  Is a public body compliant simply by holding a public hearing when no board discussion occurs in open session?  This is the subject of a case — Zuniga v. Orange BOE — before the Essex Read More …

Bloomfield officers convicted in ‘dashcam’ case

“Jeter’s lawyer sought the second dash camera video through an Open Public Records Act request… Based on the newly discovered video, the prosecutor’s office dismissed the charges against Jeter and opened an investigation into the officers that resulted in an Essex County grand jury returning an indictment against the officers in January of 2014.” -from Read More …

CASE SUMMARY: Patricia Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield

Case Name: Patricia Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield Docket Numbers: NJ Supreme Court 076114, Appellate Court A-15-15, Trial Court ESX-L-3459-14 County / Vicinage: Essex Filing Date: May 14, 2014 Judge: Justice LaVecchia authored the NJ Supreme Court’s 4 to 2 majority decision. Status: Remanded to the trial court for the resolving of the common law right-to-access Read More …