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1 Kean Federation of Teachers v. Ada Morell -- rank: 1000

... conducted in open session and in view of the public. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a). In relevant part for purposes of this appeal, the ... matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting.” N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8). Employees whose employment interests could be adversely affected ... that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with [N.J.S.A. 10:4-12],” N.J.S.A. 10:4-14, but does ... which the public body discusses any” of the enumerated topics. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b) (emphasis added). Although N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8) adds personnel matters to the enumerated topics that ... exercise discretion in determining how to perform their tasks, see N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a), and whether to engage in private discussion and ...

docket:	a_84_16
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2018-06-21
status:
citation:
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2 State v. Michael Hayes -- rank: 912

... ” N.J.S.A. 10:4-9(b). Second, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b) lists subject areas that a public body may discuss ... of the expanded stadium, and naming rights could fall within N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(7), which permits a public body to discuss � ... in N.J.S.A. 10:4-9(b) and N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). Under the former statute, a public body may meet ... hearing involving imposition of civil penalties or suspension of licenses. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(1) to (9). The public body may meet without ... board of education and, as such, was required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 to set aside a portion of each meeting for public ... session fit within one of the statutory exemptions afforded by N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). The trial court further ruled that the University’ ...

docket:	A-13-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2011-03-31
status:
citation:	205 N.J. 522 16 A.3d 1028
Document Size:	84636

3 FRANCIS J. McGOVERN JR. v. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 906

... in closed session that lay outside the exceptions specified in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). In particular, he alleged that some of the topics ... disagreed. He concluded that the applicable portion of the Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), authorizes the Board to go into closed session for ... not a "Board of Education," it is not required by N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a) to set aside any portion of its meetings for ... The OPMA expressly provides that absent the exceptions enumerated in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), "all meetings of public bodies shall be opened to the public at all times." N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a). The Act also requires that its provisions be liberally ... nothing other than quote, verbatim, the precise statutory language of N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(7). As the judge observed in Council of ...

docket:	a2531-09
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-02-18
status:	published
citation:	418 N.J. Super. 458 14 A.3d 75
Document Size:	55804

4 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF N.J.A.C 13:70-1.32 to 1.41 and N.J.A.C 13:71-1.27 to 1.36 -- rank: 888

... regulate the active participation of the public at any meeting . . . ." N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 (emphasis added). 4 This language shows that with the exception ... the Commission correctly argues, a portion of the OPMA, namely N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), authorizes public bodies to go into closed session to ... exception for the rendering of legal advice, as contained in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). 5 Appellant also argues that the Commission discussed the ... that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with [ N.J.S.A. 10:4-12]"). We thus reject the claims advanced in Points III and ... discussions are generally deemed a valid exception to the OPMA. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). See also Burnette v. Gloucester Cnty. Bd. of Freeholders ... 2009) (observing that the "pending litigation exception, set forth in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(7), empowers a public body to exclude the ...

docket:	a1913-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-02
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	73899

5 MARCELLA SIMADIRIS v. PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT -- rank: 860

... writing that the matter. be discussed at a public meeting,' N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8). The district relies on a published trial court ... personnel matters involving tenured employees in public, take precedence over N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8), which grants in general affected public employees the ... public hearing and, to ensure this right, we concluded that N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8) entitled affected employees to 'reasonable advanced notice.' Rice ... here, the trial judge in Cirangle identified a conflict between N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8) and N.J.S.A. 18A:6-11 ... bodies shall be open to the public at all times.' N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a). In N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), the Legislature clearly and expressly declared that a ...

docket:	a0197-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-21
status:	Published
citation:
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6 IN THE MATTER OF RECONSIDERATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CASINO SIMULCASTING SPECIAL FUND AMOUNTS ACCUMULATED IN 2005 2006, 2007 and 2008 PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A 5:12-205(d -- rank: 855

... and which could not be justified by an exception in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). Id. at 17. We reasoned that as a result ... a right to comment at the meetings of public bodies. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a). 5 Thus, a public body such as the Commission ... regulate the active participation of the public at any meetings . . . ." N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 (emphasis added). Here, the Commission prevented appellant's attorney from ... contention that the Commission abused the discretion afforded it by N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a) when it chose to bar public comment. We turn ... their meetings are municipal governing bodies and boards of education. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(a). This archive is a service of Rutgers School of ...

docket:	a6416-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-02
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	52957

7 GARY KUEHNAPFEL v. RAYMOND CHINTALL, WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP MAYOR SAMUEL CIANFARINI, WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP COMMITTEEPERSON; SEAN KILPATRICK, WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP DEPUTY MAYOR and the TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEPTFORD - -- rank: 780

... OPMA also requires that meetings be open to the public, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12, unless they fall within the exceptions in N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). See also N.J.S.A. 10:4-13 ...

docket:	a3238-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	Published
citation:
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8 DAVID B. BURNETT v. GLOUCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS -- rank: 777

... such matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting. [ N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b).] The Board identifies the exceptions relied upon to allow ... made in a closed session. "The intent of the statute [ N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(7)] is to allow officials to meet privately with ... session, and matters that may be discussed in closed session, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)." Id. at 502. Plaintiff alleged the Township's noncompliance ...

docket:	a6131-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-08-20
status:	published
citation:	409 N.J. Super. 219 976 A.2d 444
Document Size:	82686

9 COURT OF MELINDO PERSI v. DANIEL WOSKA -- rank: 775

... of the OPMA specifically apply to a board of education. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12. 11 We note that an interpretation that renders every ultra ...

docket:	a6038-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-12-11
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	45750

10 A. DAWN TAWWATER v. ROWAN COLLEGE AT GLOUCESTER COUNTY -- rank: 772

... employees that their termination would be discussed violated the OPMA, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8). A-0895-20 20 asserts the orders dismissing ...

docket:	a0895-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-09
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	77748

11 IN THE MATTER OF THE CHALLENGE OF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE – NEW JERSEY CHAPTER, INC., TO AMENDMENTS TO N.J.A.C. 5:26 -- rank: 757

... of a meeting at which the body 'discusses' enumerated topics. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12. In its notice of action, the Department reasoned this regulation ...

docket:	a2241-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-02-23
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	61817

12 VANESSA WILLIAMS POWELL v. CITY OF NEWARK -- rank: 736

... pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act's personnel exception, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8), employees must be given reasonable notice when a ... rejected plaintiff's Rice notice due process claim, explaining that N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8) permits public bodies to exclude the public during ...

docket:	a1454-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-22
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	69022

13 WILLIAM N. SOSIS v. TOWNSHIP OF MANSFIELD COMMITTEE -- rank: 707

... that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with [N.J.S.A. 10:4-12].' The OPMA does not define 'promptly available.' Kean, 233 N ...

docket:	a2661-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-01-18
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36517

14 R.D.A. v. HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 702

... discussed in more detail later, in Rice we noted that N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8) authorized public bodies to discuss personnel matters in ... open to the public, unless they fall within exceptions under N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). In addition, the minutes of the meetings must be ... c). In Rice, we construed section 12(b) of OPMA. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b). That provision, in relevant part, states that a public ... the matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting[.] [N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8).] To give meaning to the provision that affords ...

docket:	a5011-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-06-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	50503

15 IN THE MATTER OF NEW JERSEY STATE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS -- rank: 682

... that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with [ N.J.S.A. 10:4-12]. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12a provides that, with ...

docket:	A1629-03
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-03-03
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	113337