A frivolous litigation sanction levied against a suspended Trenton police officer, who went to court claiming he was denied his right for an open public disciplinary hearing, has been reversed.

An Appellate Division panel reversed a lower court, which had issued a “50 percent” sanction—based on only one of the officer’s two claims being frivolous—and had levied the fees against counsel rather than the officer himself.

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