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1 Robert A. Verry v. Franklin Fire District No. 1 -- rank: 1000

... relationship as a member volunteer squad of the District under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(a) or if the District merely supervises the volunteer squad pursuant to a contractual relationship under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b). Under either provision, the District supervises the MVFD and ... the District was required to obtain the documents because, under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b), volunteer fire companies such as the MVFD operate under ... the fire district, Szymborski stated: Although the requestor did cite [ N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b)] . . . that statute does not require or mandate that the ... the district, which is clearly a “public agency.” N.J.S. A. 40A:14-70.1. In essence, although the creation of a volunteer fire company ... until it is authorized by the fire district pursuant to N.J.S. A. 40A:14-70.1(a),” and he contends that, therefore, the MVFD ...

docket:	A-77-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-08-07
status:
citation:	230 N.J. 285 166 A.3d 1140
Document Size:	100788

2 American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey \r\n\t\t\t \r\n\t\t \r\n \r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n -- rank: 868

... volunteer fire department, however. Id. at 299-302. Noting that N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1 authorizes a fire district to create or contract with volunteer ...

docket:	a_33_22
court:	supreme
decided:	2024-04-16
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	102386

3 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY v. COUNTY PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 778

... 97. In contrast, the volunteer fire department, created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14- - 70.1, could only 'be regarded as an instrumentality of a fire ... be considered a separate public agency for OPRA purposes under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(a).' Id. at 301. The Court also distinguished the association ...

docket:	a2572-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-12-22
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	72582

4 IN THE MATTER OF BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, FIRE DISTRICT NO.1 -- rank: 755

... and duties of all paid positions so established. Moreover, under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b), "[t]he board of fire commissioners of a fire ...

docket:	a0765-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-12-08
status:	published
citation:	443 N.J.Super. 158 128 A.3d 189
Document Size:	63594

5 JAMES WARD v. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF AVENEL -- rank: 711

... Board sought to impose discipline based upon a civilian complaint, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b) controlled. Judge Ciuffani reasoned "the Board exercised their statutorily ... duty shall be deemed to be exercising a governmental function[.]" N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(b). That statute reserves only one specific power to the ...

docket:	a4877-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-02-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33435

6 MAT STERN v. LAKEWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. -- rank: 672

... The Fire Companies' formation is subject to and enabled by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(a) through the express approval of the Board. In pertinent part, under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(a): Any persons desiring to form a volunteer fire company ... constitute such applicants a volunteer fire company of the district. [ N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70.1(a).] Here, to find the Fire Companies were not "created ...

docket:	a5085-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-12-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36706