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UPDATE (8/20/2015) – The summary judgment hearing scheduled for 08/21/15 has been CANCELLED. Judge Hely will decide the matter on the papers submitted. UPDATE (8/22/2015) – See bottom of this post for the list of case documents to date. UPDATE (9/9/2015) – The trial court ruled in NJFOG’s favor on OPRA counts. However, although the Summit Housing Authority has not prepared minutes Read More …
It’s pretty big news when a judge grants a $45,000 fee award in a successful lawsuit seeking public records under the common law right of access. It’s not just the magnitude of the figure, but that the requester-plaintiff — the little guy — could have been stuck with the tab. Many of our readers know that a Read More …
UPDATE (8/22/2015) – See bottom of this post for the list of case documents to date. — Press Release July 9, 2015 For immediate release CONTACT: New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) https://njfog.org/contact/ The Housing Authority used to keep minutes for its non-public meetings – they are required to – but stopped a few years ago. At 10:00 Read More …
This is a good article about the issues in the NJFOG v. Trenton School Board case, which highlights the systemic issues with regard to Open Public Meetings Act compliance statewide. –NJFOG N.J. open records group wins judgments against Trenton school board By Kevin Shea NJ.com June 30, 2015 (Full article here and posted below) TRENTON – Read More …
UPDATE (6/26/2015): Oral argument on the OPMA counts is to be heard before Judge Mary C. Jacobson on Monday, June 29, 2:00 PM in Mercer County Superior Court, 400 South Warren Street, Trenton, NJ. —- NJFOG announced on January 7 that it had filed suit against the Trenton Board of Education for multiple violations of the Open Public Read More …