Open Meetings Laws
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Oregon Fire District Sued Over Trespass Order Excluding Resident from Fire Station Property
A resident of New Pine Creek, Oregon, has filed suit against the New Pine Creek Rural Fire Protection District, its…
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Suit Seeks to Stop Lockport Fire From Resuming EMS Transport
The City of Lockport has been sued by a group of four people seeking to block the resumption of ambulance…
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Massachusetts Judge Fines City’s Fire Commission For Open Meetings Violation in Firefighter Discipline Case
A Superior Court Judge has fined the City of Westfield’s Fire Commission $1,000 for willfully violating the state’s open meetings…
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Ohio Fire Company Sued For Open Meetings Violation
A volunteer fire company in Ohio that settled a public records lawsuit with four concerned citizens earlier this year, is…
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RI Firefighter Ordered Reinstated – Town Manager’s Appointment Illegal
A Superior Court judge has ordered the Town of East Greenwich to reinstate the brother of an IAFF union president…
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Mass Town Challenges Open Meetings Violation
The Town of Southampton, Massachusetts, embroiled in a wrongful termination lawsuit by former deputy chief, is challenging an attorney general’s…
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Mass Deputy Chief Sues Town and Fire Chief
A Massachusetts deputy chief has filed suit against a town, its fire chief and the entire board of selectmen claiming…
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Nebraska Suit Over Low Interest Loan to Ambulance Service Dismissed
A lawsuit to block a Nebraska city from providing a $350,000 low-interest loan to a new ambulance service owned by…
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NYC Firefighters Sue Over Public Records Violations
The president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York, IAFF Local 94 has filed suit against the City of…
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New Haven Firefighter Terminated for Bribing Witnesses is Reinstated by Freedom of Information Commission
The headline is accurate. I had to check it twice myself to be sure I had it right… but it…
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Fire Departments in NJ and Maryland Settle Suits
Settlements involving two fire departments are in the fire law news today. In New Jersey, a sexual harassment suit against…
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NH Chief Fired on TV Files Suit
A New Hampshire fire chief who found out he was terminated because he happened to be watching a televised board…
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