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Betsy Cross v. Township of Wall et al
Monmouth County, Docket No. MON-L-1041-13
Hon. Lawrence M. Lawson, A.J.S.C.
June 21, 2013
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Judge Lawson held that it was improper for the custodian to redact the entire account number from bank statements that were disclosed in response to an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request. While the court recognized the substantial risk of disclosing the entire bank account number, it agreed with Plaintiff that the last four digits of the account numbers could be disclosed, consistent with R.1:38-7(b), so that a requestor who is looking at several bank statements can differentiate one account from another.