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Martin O’Boyle, left, and Christopher O’Hare

Gulf Stream’s legal offensive against residents Martin O’Boyle and Chris O’Hare suffered a huge setback late last month when a federal judge in West Palm Beach threw out the town’s federal racketeering suit against the two men.

U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra said that, while he was sympathetic with the town’s “very difficult situation” because of the hundreds of public records requests O’Boyle and O’Hare had filed, their actions did not meet the legal standards for suing under the RICO statute.

Town’s class action RICO lawsuit says Florida public records law misused to extort settlements

February 13, 2015 11:48 pm

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By Dan Moffett, The Coastal Star

Martin O’Boyle, left, and Christopher O’Hare

Town of Gulf Stream in South Palm Beach County has rolled out the heavy artillery in its legal war against residents Martin O’Boyle and Christopher O’Hare, filing a class action RICO lawsuit Feb. 12 in U.S. District Court.

The 48-page federal complaint alleges that the two men engaged in a conspiracy to exploit the state’s public record laws and extort settlements from the town and other municipalities and organizations around the state.

For the public’s right to know or for profit? A town’s showdown with litigious residents

November 3, 2014 6:13 am

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By Dan Moffett
Special to BrowardBulldog.org
A non-profit foundation that bills itself as dedicated to the public’s right to know is a target of angry municipal officials who allege it is actually a money-making tool that uses frivolous public records lawsuits to squeeze payouts from governments in

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Federal judge tosses out town’s RICO suit against residents seeking public records

Town’s class action RICO lawsuit says Florida public records law misused to extort settlements

For the public’s right to know or for profit? A town’s showdown with litigious residents

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