Tag: Catalyst doctrine

An Open Public Records Act Case, With a Bonus Discussion of Attorney-Client Privilege, the Work Product Doctrine, and the Anti-Bullying Act

K.L. v. Evesham Tp. Bd. of Educ., 423 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011).  There are not many published appellate cases in New Jersey that discuss in any detail the attorney-client privilege ...

One Plaintiff is a Catalyst for Relief, But Another Plaintiff is Not

Smith v. Hudson County Register, 2011 WL 1529730 (App. Div. April 25, 2011).  This opinion, by Judge Sabatino, applied the catalyst doctrine to an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case.  In Mason ...

More Detail on the Catalyst Doctrine

Jones v. Hayman, 418 N.J. Super. 291 (App. Div. 2011).  This was a class action suit by women inmates against the Department of Corrections (“DOC”).  The key question in the case, as stated ...

“Catalyst Doctrine” Applied to Statute That Awards Damages

D. Russo, Inc. v. Union Tp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2010). In Mason v. Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51 (2008), an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) case, the Supreme ...