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Open Public Records Act Plaintiff Entitled to Attorney’s Fees, New Jersey Appellate Court Holds

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2011

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Disclosure of Records, News, State Legislation. Location: New Jersey.

The Appellate Division for the Superior Court of New Jersey has reversed in part a lower court’s refusal to award attorney’s fees to a plaintiff in an New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) suit.

Dean Smith won an appeal in an OPRA suit over how much the state should ...

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