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· 8/20/1996

Torres v. Kuzniasz

Citations

  • 936 F. Supp. 1201
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12512
  • 1996 WL 492334

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that memorandum detailing impact of disclosure of internal affairs investigation failed to demonstrate that “particularized harm [would] result from disclosure of the withheld documents”
  • explaining that “the balancing test for determining whether the law enforcement privilege applies must be conducted with an eye toward disclosure”
  • requiring production of all internal affairs records and complaints against all police officers in the defendant municipality for ten (10) years
  • discussing how a significant amount of substantive information must be revealed to a court in the course of maintaining a privilege log, including the subject of communications
  • rejecting defendant’s arguments that it should not have to review 1200 IA files
  • ordering the production of IA case files from the City of Camden subject to a protective order, limiting review of the documents to “the plaintiffs’ counsel, plaintiffs’ experts, or other agents,” and permitting the files to “be used solely for the purposes of th[e] litigation”

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Judges: Kugler

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