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31 KENNETH M. SERRANO v. SOUTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP, et al. -- rank: 769

... as confidential because they qualified as "criminal investigatory records" under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. These initial findings recommended, however, that the GRC find the ... that the content of the tape meets the criteria in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Thus, Serrano asserted that 911 tapes should not be covered ... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material.         [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.]     We note that 911 calls are required by law to ... J. Super. at 162-63.     The current statute defines at N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 several categories of confidential materials not to be considered to ... pertains to any criminal investigation or related civil enforcement proceeding." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Because the tape falls within the definition of a "government record" in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and because the law requires that such tapes be ...

docket:	A2708-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2003-03-19
status:	published
citation:	358 N.J. Super. 352 817 A.2d 100
Document Size:	46500

32 William J. Brennan v. Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office -- rank: 763

... in favor of the public’s right of access.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1. 1 The law also places the burden on the public agency ... pp. 8-9) 2. The statute lists twenty-three exemptions. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Several exemptions encompass names and home addresses but prevent their ... kept on file in the course of . . . official business.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. 8 At the same time, the statute declares that a ... central to this appeal. The statute lists twenty-three exemptions. N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1. None, however, provide an overarching exception for the disclosure of ... issuance of any license authorizing hunting with a firearm.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. “Personal firearms records” -- including a person’s name and ... records” under the law, and no specific exemption applies. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. We turn next to the statute’s privacy provision. ...

docket:	a_62_16
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2018-05-23
status:
citation:
Document Size:	42089

33 K.L v. EVESHAM TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 760

... the definition of government records exempted them from disclosure. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Second, according to the Board, any records that pertain to ... protected by the attorney-client and work product privileges. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The court reached no findings or conclusions as to the ... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material. [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] OPRA lists categories of documents and information expressly excluded from the meaning of "government record." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, -3, and -10. The government bears the burden of proof ... the course of the school district's official business. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. In providing access to school records in accordance with N ... as an exception to the definition of "government record" in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, but OPRA also exempts from disclosure documents that are ...

docket:	a1771-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-12-12
status:	published
citation:	423 N.J. Super. 337 32 A.3d 1136
Document Size:	68391

34 CHRIS DOE v. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 760

... inter- agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material. [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (emphasis added).] Our 'overarching public policy' favors 'a citizen's ... received in the course of [the agency's] official business[.]' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Among the records specifically exempted under OPRA are those kept ... scope of OPRA's broad definition of 'government record[s.]' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. They are not 'higher education' records exempted from OPRA under N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1. [ 452 N.J. Super. at 82-83 (alteration in original ... education student records after redaction of PII was permitted under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Id. at 79. Although the parties argued the impact of ... quoting Keddie v. Rutgers, 148 N.J. 36, 51 (1997)). N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 only exempts public higher education records from disclosure that ...

docket:	a5285-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-12
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	38057

35 Elizabeth Mason v. City of Hoboken -- rank: 758

... excludes twenty-one categories of information from the definition. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. A “government record” includes “any paper, written or ... by any statute, legislative resolution, executive order, or court rule. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, -9. OPRA calls for the prompt disclosure of government records ...

docket:	a-22-07
court:
decided:	2008-07-22
status:
citation:	196 N.J. 51
Document Size:	106239

36 STEVE RAMSHUR v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, -- rank: 758

... plaintiff's request, explaining that the competitive advantage exemption, see N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, exempted Liberty National's bid from public disclosure. Consequently, on ... course of . . . official business by any . . . agency . . . of the State.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. If '[a] person . . . is denied access to a government record ... s right to access government records is not absolute. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9. OPRA excludes various ... types of information from the definition of a government record, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and also provides that it 'shall not abrogate any exemption ... to seek information that is intended to remain confidential, see N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Thus, we conclude that the RFP was still governed by ... and proprietary commercial or financial information obtained from any source.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The statute does not define these terms, so we ...

docket:	a1527-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-19
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	46855

37 RAYMOND CATTONAR v. TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT -- rank: 756

... by law." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6. Finally, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 includes the categories of documents falling outside the expansive definition ... data represents "working documents" within the deliberative process exemption of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The GRC maintains the regulation, N.J.A.C. 13 ... agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material" (citing N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1)). Affirmed. 1 The GRC, "established in the Department of Community ... that has been received in the course of . . . official business[.] [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] 4 See N.J. Dep't of Law & Pub. Safety ...

docket:	a2419-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-08-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	48963

38 John Paff v. Galloway Township -- rank: 756

... maintained electronically” in a database on a municipality’s server. N.J.S.A . 47:1A-1.1. The Legislature apparently decided against defining government record as documents ... “ information stored or maintained electronically” by a municipality, quoting N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (emphasis added). A panel of the Appellate Division reversed, concluding ... paper documents, but also information electronically stored. To that end, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 provides that a government record includes “information stored or ... as including “information stored or maintained electronically,” quoting N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The court concluded that a “list of emails” that ... include “information stored or maintained electronically” by a municipality. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. We must decide whether Paff’s request for fields of ... authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof. [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] 5 OPRA makes clear that government records consist of ...

docket:	A-88-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-06-20
status:
citation:	229 N.J. 340 162 A.3d 1046
Document Size:	74164

39 FRAN BROOKS v. TOWNSHIP OF TABERNACLE -- rank: 754

... in the course of . . . official business by any such officer . . . . [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] There is no dispute that the email log requested by ... email address . . . of any applicant, licensee, registrant or permit holder.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. These exclusions do not apply here. In addition, N.J ... of those circumstances apply here. We think it significant that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 expressly protects from disclosure information received via email by members ...

docket:	a3769-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-29
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	50470

40 Elizabeth Mason v. City of Hoboken -- rank: 749

... excludes twenty-one categories of information from the definition. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. A "government record" includes "any paper, written or printed book ... by any statute, legislative resolution, executive order, or court rule. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, -9. OPRA calls for the prompt disclosure of government records ...

docket:	a-22-07
court:
decided:	2008-07-22
status:
citation:	196 N.J. 51 951 A.2d 101
Document Size:	121816

41 Vasil Kovalcik v. Somerset County Prosecutor\'s Office -- rank: 749

... have been deemed to be confidential by a court order, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The second provision at issue exempts personnel records from disclosure ... 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 ... have been deemed to be confidential by a court order, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. As to that exemption, we are called upon to decide ... 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 ... categories of documents and information from disclosure. See, e.g. , N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (excluding certain categories of documents and information from disclosure); N ... the criminal proceeding, they are exempt from disclosure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. That section of the statute excludes “information which ...

docket:	a-43-10
court:	superior court trial
decided:	2011-06-21
status:
citation:
Document Size:	62118

42 LIBERTARIANS FOR TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT, A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION v. THE OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE -- rank: 747

... inter- agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material. [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] The right to access to government records under OPRA is ... of a government record. Kovalcik, 206 N.J. at 588. N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1 'excludes twenty-one categories of information from the definition of ... in the course of' the OCPO's 'official business.' See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. When interpreting a statute, we are required to determine the ... s duty to produce 'information stored or maintained electronically,' which N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 expressly defines as a government record. Id. at 352-53 ... s OPRA requests. We agree. OPRA broadly defines 'government records,' N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1, and provides that 'government records shall be readily accessible . . . by ...

docket:	a1608-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-01-05
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	77526

43 RICHARD LIPSKY v. HE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS, INC., -- rank: 747

... inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material. [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] The statute also explicitly excludes certain 'confidential' information from the ...

docket:	a1611-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-01-18
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	73910

44 RISE AGAINST HATE, a N.J v. CHERRY HILL TOWNSHIP -- rank: 745

... in the course of . . . official business by any such officer . . . . [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] There is no dispute that the subscriber lists requested by ... email address . . . of any applicant, licensee, registrant or permit holder.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. These exclusions do not apply here. In addition, N.J ... A-3421-20 26 here. We think it significant that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 expressly protects from disclosure information about constituents stored in a ...

docket:	a3421-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-29
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	57513

45 NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO. v. NEW JERSEY SPORTS & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY -- rank: 743

... secrets" or "proprietary commercial or financial information" as used in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Further, disclosure of the details regarding the licensing fees and ... authority of the State or of any political subdivision." Ibid. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The Legislature, however, recognized the "sweeping declaration" that all government ... records, unless excluded by one of the enumerated exceptions of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The question for resolution is whether any of the cited ... recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof[.]" N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. 7 We noted "only four employees of the Division, in ...

docket:	a1810-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-11-30
status:	published
citation:	423 N.J. Super. 140 31 A.3d 623
Document Size:	94730