NJ Supreme Court hears OPRA case Re 14-hr security video

UPDATE (11/22/16):  John Paff provides this summary: “In a November 22, 2016 decision, a 4 to 2 majority of the New Jersey Supreme Court held that footage from a town hall security camera is not subject to disclosure under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The four-Justice majority, through an opinion authored by Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, Read More …

Security camera footage OPRA case goes to NJ Supreme Court

On November 6, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to hear Bloomfield Township’s (Essex County) appeal of a May 13, 2015 Appellate Division ruling that required the Township to provide an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requestor with 14 hours of video taken by a stationary camera located on the back of Bloomfield’s municipal Read More …

CASE SUMMARY: Patricia Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield

Case Name: Patricia Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield Docket Numbers: NJ Supreme Court 076114, Appellate Court A-15-15, Trial Court ESX-L-3459-14 County / Vicinage: Essex Filing Date: May 14, 2014 Judge: Justice LaVecchia authored the NJ Supreme Court’s 4 to 2 majority decision. Status: Remanded to the trial court for the resolving of the common law right-to-access Read More …