Recently, Pashman Stein secured a victory in the case North Jersey Media Group v. Township of Lyndhurst, et al. Below are links to media covering this important decision, in which the Hon. Peter E. Doyne, A.J.S.C., ruled that the Defendant public agencies violated OPRA and compelled the Defendants to produce records relating to the police shooting of a man in Lyndhurst in September 2014.
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/01/judge_orders_release_of_records_in_fatal_bergen_co.html
As it appeared on New Jersey Law Journal, January 13, 2015 in regards to Pashman Stein's representation.
Police records related to the shooting of a black man who was killed by officers after he allegedly rammed them with an SUV must be released to the public immediately and without redaction, a New Jersey state trial judge has ruled, citing the heightened need for public access to information in the wake of the killings of African-American males by police in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y.
“The defendants’ refusals to disclose and utter lack of cooperation was undoubtedly ...
