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106 UNDERWOOD PROPERTIES LLC v. CITY OF HACKENSACK -- rank: 634

... 47:1A-1. One exception is the attorney-client privilege. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. In pertinent part, the attorney-client privilege, provides 'communications between ...

docket:	a0044-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-01-24
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	31471

107 JOHN D. CONSTANTINE v. TOWNSHIP OF BASS RIVER -- rank: 634

... a "public record." Mason , supra , 196 N.J. at 67; N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Additionally, the statute exempts twenty-one different categories of records ... the schedule contained in the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, under OPRA. The version of N.J.S.A. 39 ... explicitly provides that "criminal investigatory records" are not "government records." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. We need not consider the scope of this exemption as ...

docket:	a5506-06
court:	njappellate
decided:	2009-04-03
status:	published
citation:	406 N.J. Super. 305
Document Size:	104466

108 COLLENE WRONKO v. NEW JERSEY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS -- rank: 632

... created by a political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions. [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] 4 A-1737-15T1 court. Plaintiff requested that the judge ... 1737-15T1 OPRA's disclosure requirements apply to public agencies. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 defines public agency to mean: any of the principal departments ... 1) (holding that the League was a public agency under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 despite being a non-profit, unincorporated association because it was ...

docket:	a1737-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-01-26
status:	published
citation:	453 N.J.Super. 73 180 A.3d 321
Document Size:	47597

109 STEVEN L. HYMAN v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY -- rank: 632

... or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof. [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] A party aggrieved by a denial of access to government ... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. When this exception is invoked, a governmental entity may "withhold ...

docket:	a0789-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-08-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	44403

110 BAFFI SIMMONS v. WENDY MERCADO -- rank: 632

... excludes twenty-one categories of items from the definition. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; Mason v. City of Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51, 65 ... recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof[.]' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. To be considered a 'government record,' the item must be ...

docket:	a3460-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-06-11
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	20201

111 PAUL TRACTENBERG v. TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE -- rank: 630

... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative or deliberative material." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Also known as the "deliberative process privilege[,]" this exclusion is ... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative or deliberative material." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The language of this exemption "has been understood to encompass ... attorney-client privilege" from its definition of a "government record." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The attorney-client privilege in New Jersey is statutory. See ... if disclosed, would give an advantage to competitors or bidders," N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, a contention raised in defendant's brief in opposition to ...

docket:	a2556-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-09-16
status:	published
citation:	416 N.J. Super. 354 4 A.3d 585
Document Size:	71258

112 EUGENE SEABROOKS v. COUNTY OF ESSEX -- rank: 630

... authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof . . . . [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] In addition, OPRA places the burden on the public agency ... twenty-one categories of information that are exempt from disclosure. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Any document which falls into one of these categories is ... pertains to any criminal investigation or related civil enforcement proceeding." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Thus, in order to deny access based upon this exemption ...

docket:	a0458-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-11-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	19249

113 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF LAW -- rank: 630

... designed to advance this policy by broadly defining 'government records,' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and by publicly declaring that they shall be accessible, N ...

docket:	a2387-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-18
status:	published
citation:	421 N.J. Super. 489 24 A.3d 829
Document Size:	31005

114 JOSEPH ROSARIO v. THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY -- rank: 628

... or its official business by such officer, . . . agency, or authority . . . . [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] N.J.S.A. 47:1A-3 creates an exemption ...

docket:	a4533-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	24530

115 FRANK R. CIESLA v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES -- rank: 626

... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative or deliberative material." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. This exemption has been construed to encompass the deliberative process ... materials. As we have noted, the definitional section of OPRA, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, states that: "Government record" or "record" means any paper, written ... of access to a "government record" based on OPRA . See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5; N.J.S ...

docket:	a5309-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-12-04
status:	published
citation:	429 N.J.Super. 127 57 A.3d 40
Document Size:	60870

116 MICHAEL J. BENT v. TOWNSHIP OF STAFFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT, CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS -- rank: 623

... or regulation to be '. . . made, maintained and kept on file . . .' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1." On October 14, 2004, the GRC voted unanimously to accept ... excludes from such definition twenty-one separate categories of information, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, thereby "significantly reduc[ing] the universe of publicly-accessible information ... that accommodates the interests of the requestor and the agency." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Contrary to Bent's assertion, although OPRA mandates that "all ... so as to justify any relief or remedy under OPRA. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. On the contrary, this open-ended demand requires analysis and ... under OPRA. Gannett , supra , 379 N.J. Super. at 219. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. We conclude, therefore, that Bent's request is not a ...

docket:	A1456-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2005-10-21
status:	published
citation:	381 N.J. Super. 30 884 A.2d 240
Document Size:	31831

117 JOHN T. PAFF v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BOARD OF REVIEW -- rank: 623

... se exempt from access under OPRA. S ee , e.g. , N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (defining government records to exclude, among other things, criminal investigatory ... only personal information such as a social security number. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. We hold only that the GRC has and should exercise ...

docket:	a4540-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-08-02
status:	published
citation:	379 N.J. Super. 346
Document Size:	46214

118 K.S.1 v. RYAN VERRECCHIO -- rank: 621

... officially designated by formal action of that agency’s director . . . .' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. A-1669-16T1 5 2C:30-2(a). This document ... Invasion of Privacy-Intrusion on Seclusion; Count IV Invasion 5 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 expressly excludes from the definition of 'government record,' and thus ...

docket:	a1669-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-05-17
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	19890

119 SCOTT KENNEDY v. MONTCLAIR CENTER CORPORATION BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT -- rank: 619

... defendant continued to deny it was a 'public agency,' see N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, that was required to promulgate an OPRA form, see N ... A. 47:1A-5(f), and appoint an OPRA custodian, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Id., slip op. at 5-6. So, plaintiff persisted in ...

docket:	a5422-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-11-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	58430

120 ALEXIS SERRINGER v. CHOOSE NEW JERSEY, INC -- rank: 615

... the requested documents qualify as government records as defined in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1: "Government record" or "record" means any paper, written or printed ... within the definition of "public agency." Id. at 503 (quoting N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1). To determine whether the League was subject to OPRA entailed ...

docket:	a0208-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-03-31
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	35455