“Unpublished opinions” are not published in the law books and are not ordinarily written about in legal periodicals. Unless somebody puts them on-line and calls attention to them, they are likely not to be located by people who may want to search for them. I think that it’s important that court opinions, even if they are not precedential, are easily accessible for future use.

Christine Rampolla v. Hatikvah International Academy
Middlesex County, Docket No. MID-L-4441-13
Hon. Travis L. Francis, A.J.S.C.
September 16, 2015
Click here for the court’s decision.

Summary:  1. The Advisory, consultative and deliberative (ACD) privilege only applies to the formulation of policy, not its execution or to administrative tasks; and 2. Documents that contain ACD and non-ACD material must be disclosed, with the ACD material redacted.  Ms. Rampolla declared prevailing party entitled to attorney fees and costs.

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