The State Supreme Court’s current term is almost over, and the Court has not yet issued opinions in several of the OPRA cases that are before it. As discussed here, these cases involve critical issues, such as access to various law enforcement records, the extent of OPRA’s privacy exemption, the ability of public bodies to file declaratory judgment OPRA suits, the application of OPRA to volunteer fire companies, and custodians’ obligations to compile reports from databases.

Based on the Court’s usual scheduling, we will likely see its opinions in these cases in the next several weeks. So in the very near future, there will be major changes in OPRA law.