Loigman v. Township Committee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

Plaintiff pursued an action in lieu of prerogative writs against a municipality for violations of the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, with limited success. Judge Hayser found that the municipality had not strictly complied with the OPMA, and had violated it in two respects. However, the judge did not invalidate any governmental action and rejected plaintiffs proposed remedies of barring all executive sessions, appointing a special master or making a verbatim record of all executive sessions. Instead he granted a…