Tag: Middlesex County

Middlesex County Court rules only a records requestor can sue under OPRA

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This case is one of at least five such lawsuits initiated by public agencies that are currently being litigated.  The five cases are summarized in this post. UPDATE (12/18/2015):  For NJ Appellate Court ruling, see https://njfog.org/2015/12/18/2707/. —– This May, NJFOG shared a post by John Paff about a lawsuit filed by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Read More …

Let’s end government agencies’ preemptive OPRA lawsuits against requestors.

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  Another public agency sues a records requestor in strategic “first strike.”  A May 20th Middlesex County hearing and subsequent ruling may help to end the practice and establish that only a requestor has the right to bring an OPRA lawsuit in line with the intent of the law.  -NJFOG NJ Open Government Notes May Read More …