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46 BERGEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff v. NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP, INC. -- rank: 736

... were proprietary financial information and thus exempt from disclosure under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, which excludes from the definition of a government record "trade ... broader than the statutory definition of "government record" contained in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Although the public policy expressed in OPRA is entitled to ... and proprietary commercial or financial information obtained from any source." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Bergen Regional argues that these exclusions represent the Legislature's ... excluding such information from the definition of "government record" in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.     Such an approach, however, cannot be reconciled with the Legislature ... of the provisions in OPRA, including the exclusions enumerated in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, to heavily influence the outcome of the analysis.     Having concluded ... Super. 175 , 183 n.2 (App. Div. 2004). Footnote: 7 N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 provides for a wide variety of excluded information. Generally, ...

docket:	a4390-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2004-07-01
status:	published
citation:	370 N.J. Super. 504
Document Size:	51063

47 Richard Rivera v. Union County Prosecutor's Office -- rank: 736

... on file in the course of . . . official [government] business.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. OPRA also exempts more than twenty categories of records from ...

docket:	a-58-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-03-14
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48 ERNEST BOZZI v. BOROUGH OF ROSELLE PARK -- rank: 721

... agency . . . of the State or of any political subdivision thereof . . . .' N.J.S.A. 47:1A- -1.1. The record custodian, however, must redact personal identifiers from any ... unlisted telephone number, or driver license number of any person . . . .' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 and -5a. There are twenty-three categories of documents identified in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 that fall outside the statutory definition of a government record ... law enforcement agency, for purposes of the administration of justice.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The other involves the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of ... license is not considered a government record subject to disclosure. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. However, OPRA affords no 'overarching exception for the disclosure of ... L. 2013, c. 116, which resulted in an amendment to N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1, exempting the disclosure of a person's 'name, address, ...

docket:	a4742-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-21
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	40410

49 ANTONIO FUSTER v. TOWNSHIP OF CHATHAM -- rank: 721

... pertains to any criminal investigation or related civil enforcement proceeding.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. 2 We observe that the BWCL legislative history contemplates exemptions ... Prosecutor's Off., 250 N.J. 124, 141 (2022) (citing N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1). '[I]f a document falls within one of these categories ... disclosure exemption for government records deemed privileged or confidential. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 9(b) provides: The ...

docket:	a1673-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-12-27
status:	Published
citation:
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50 KEVIN MALANGA v. TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE -- rank: 721

... Township. The Township 'is a 'public agency'' under OPRA. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (defining 'public agency' in part to include 'any political subdivision ... custodian of the Tow nship for purposes of OPRA.' See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (''Custodian of a government 1 Plaintiff admitted each of the ... of any political subdivision thereof. [Id. at 352-353 (quoting N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1).] The public'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 government record, see N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and courts 'must always maintain a sharp focus on the ... deliberative material,' and 'any record within the attorney-client privilege.' N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Here, defendants claimed, and the court found, the requested ...

docket:	a2287-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-05-03
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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51 JOHN PAFF v. NEW JERSEY STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION -- rank: 719

... State Firemen's Association (the Association) is a "public agency," N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S ... 47:1A-5(f); to designate a records custodian, see N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; or to provide public access to records not governed by an exemption. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, -1.1, -9, and -10. A. We review this legal question ... created by a political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions. [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] Reading the provision in light of the Legislature's intent ... s efforts to access governmental records." Id. at 505 (citing N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1). It may be sufficient to establish that an entity was ...

docket:	a4111-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-13
status:	published
citation:	431 N.J.Super. 278 69 A.3d 118
Document Size:	45041

52 Education Law Center v. New Jersey Department of Education -- rank: 713

... 1A-1. A "government record" is broadly defined. S ee N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. A "government record" includes "any paper, written or printed book ... political subdivision." [ Mason , supra , 196 N.J. at 65 (quoting N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1).] That said, OPRA excludes twenty-one categories of information, making the public's right of access not absolute. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. In that listing of excluded categories, the Legislature has made ...

docket:	a-100-07
court:
decided:	2009-03-26
status:
citation:	198 N.J. 274
Document Size:	136186

53 MARTIN O'SHEA v. TOWNSHIP OF WEST MILFORD -- rank: 710

... are "exempt from disclosure as criminal investigatory records pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1." The Township nevertheless gave plaintiff "a summary report . . . that the ... general disclosure requirements of OPRA as criminal investigatory records under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Judge Brogan found that the Township had failed to prove ... pertain to an investigation in progress by any public agency." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, because they are "not mandated by law to be made ... proving that the denial of access is authorized by law." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (emphasis added).] However, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 also declares that "[a] government record shall not include" various ... pertains to any criminal investigation or related civil enforcement proceeding ." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (emphasis added). "The first inquiry is whether the requested ...

docket:	a1185-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-11-09
status:	published
citation:	410 N.J. Super. 371 982 A.2d 459
Document Size:	63320

54 O.R. o/b/o O.R. v. DONNA GIBBS-NINI -- rank: 708

... it may have while in or upon any school building, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and (2) predominately contained juvenile records, which were therefore confidential ... that has been received in the course of . . . official business . . . [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] OPRA allows requests for records only, not requests for information ... that accommodates the interests of the requestor and the agency. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Additionally, schools are prohibited pursuant to federal law from disclosing ...

docket:	a5509-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-03-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	157156

55 ROTIMI OWOH v. WEST WINDSOR PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS -- rank: 708

... it may have while in or upon any school building, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and (2) predominately contained juvenile records, which were therefore confidential ... that has been received in the course of . . . official business . . . [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] OPRA allows requests for records only, not requests for information ... that accommodates the interests of the requestor and the agency. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Additionally, schools are prohibited pursuant to federal law from disclosing ...

docket:	a5583-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-03-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	157206

56 O.R. o/b/o O.R. v. VICTORIA KNIEWEL -- rank: 708

... it may have while in or upon any school building, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and (2) predominately contained juvenile records, which were therefore confidential ... that has been received in the course of . . . official business . . . [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] OPRA allows requests for records only, not requests for information ... that accommodates the interests of the requestor and the agency. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Additionally, schools are prohibited pursuant to federal law from disclosing ...

docket:	a5181-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-03-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	157157

57 JOHN DOE, JR. v. WEST WINDSOR PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT -- rank: 704

... it may have while in or upon any school building, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and (2) predominately contained juvenile records, which were therefore confidential ... that has been received in the course of . . . official business . . . [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] OPRA allows requests for records only, not requests for information ... that accommodates the interests of the requestor and the agency. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Additionally, schools are prohibited pursuant to federal law from disclosing ...

docket:	a1263-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-03-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	160490

58 The Times of Trenton Publishing Corporation v. Lafayette Yard Community Development Corporation -- rank: 702

... an “instrumentality or agency created by a political subdivision” under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. I. A. As described in its Certificate of Incorporation filed ... an “instrumentality or agency . . . created by a political subdivision” under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, and that the Corporation is therefore subject to the Open ... or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate boards thereof.     [ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.] An entity is subject to OPRA if it is a ... within or created by a political subdivision of the State.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.     Lafayette Yard claims that it was not “created” by “a ...

docket:	a-22-04
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-06-15
status:
citation:	183 N.J. 519
Document Size:	57928

59 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2092-15a2704-15a2716-15.opn.html -- rank: 702

... materials, and to the counsel fee awarded to plaintiff. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(e); N.J ... or 'an individual.' Although OPRA has an extensive definitions section, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, 'citizen' is not defined. Other than in N.J.S ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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60 PAUL G. BRENNAN, ET AL. VS. BAY HEAD PLANNING BOARD, ET AL. -- rank: 702

... that must be released by a public body upon request. N.J.S.A. 47:1A- 1.1. The Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a3984-21
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-04-29
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	74874