LOIGMAN v. KIMMELMAN


102 N.J. 98 (1986)

505 A.2d 958

LARRY S. LOIGMAN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. IRWIN I. KIMMELMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND ALEXANDER D. LEHRER, PROSECUTOR OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne C. Paskow, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellants (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey; Linda K. Calloway, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Larry S. Loigman argued the cause pro se.

Gary H. Schlyen, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for amicus curiae County Prosecutor's Association (Joseph A. Falcone, Passaic County Prosecutor, President, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

In this case we are called upon to balance the citizen's right of access to official information with the government's need for confidentiality in the conduct of law-enforcement investigations. Here, the citizen seeks access to what is described as an Attorney General's audit of the confidential account of the Monmouth County Prosecutor. Such accounts are designed to enable a prosecutor to conduct undercover operations...

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