local rule in New Jersey

2008Some federal courts have used this schedule to determine what constitutes a "reasonable and necessary" cost of a deposition transcript for purposes of taxing litigation costs pursuant to Rule 54, see, e.g., Cengr v. Fusibond Piping Sys., Inc., 135 F. 3d 445, 455-56 (7th Cir.1998), and at least one federal district court has adopted a local rule which provides that in making an award under Rule 54, the costs of a deposition transcript "shall not exceed the regular copy rate as established by the Judicial Conference of the United States and in effect at the time the transcript or deposition was

1989See, e.g., Smith v. Bowen, 815 F.2d 1152, 1156 (7th Cir.1987) (“The Northern District of Illinois had adopted a local rule imposing a 90-day time limit on the filing of attorneys’ fee petitions in civil proceedings.

1989See N.D.Ill.Local Rule 46”); Obin v. District No. 9 of Int’l Ass’n, supra, 651 F.2d at 583 (suggesting “that district courts adopt a uniform rule requiring the filing of a claim for attorney’s fees within twenty-one days after entry of judgment); Amico v. New Castle County, 654 F.Supp. 982, 991 (D.Del.1987) (Local Rules of Civil Practice for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware requires attorney’s fee motions to be filed within twenty-one days after time of appeal has expired or after receipt of the mandate of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals).

1979One was to terminate the impropriety of having the board act as investigator, prosecutor and judge at the same time: *601 * * * The second and no less important purpose was to remove the trial of such cases from the publicity attendant on the local hearing which "tears the community apart" and "disrupts the orderly conduct of local school affairs." See Statements, supra. [ In re Fulcomer, 93 N.J.

1965County of Essex v. Civil Service Commission, 98 N.J.L. 671, 675 ( Sup. Ct. 1923)." We are satisfied that in the instant case the Commission considered the matter de novo.