MATTER OF GRAND JURY TESTIMONY


124 N.J. 443 (1991)

591 A.2d 614

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR DISCLOSURE OF GRAND JURY TESTIMONY AND EXHIBITS FROM A STATE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Farrell, General Counsel, argued the cause for appellant, New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (Edward J. Farrell, attorney; Edward J. Farrell and Douglas S. Brierley, on the briefs).

Mark Paul Cronin, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, State of New Jersey (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

W. Hunt Dumont, John P. McDonald, George L. Schneider, and Peter Manahan, argued the cause for respondents, The Company and Senior Executives R.B., R.K., W.M., J.M., R.L., W.K., M.H., R.C., J.S., R.H., R.W., R.E., and J.M. (Robinson, Wayne & La Sala, attorneys for The Company and Senior Executives; McDonald, Rogers & Rizzolo, attorneys for J.M., R.L. and W.K.; DeCotiis, Frino & Lundsten, attorneys for R.C., J.S., R.H., and R.W.; Connell, Foley & Geiser, attorneys for R.B., R.K., and W.M.; Lorber, Schneider, Nuzzi, Vichness & Bilinkas, attorneys for M.H.; W. Hunt Dumont and Donna M. du Beth, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

The exercise of judicial power in this appeal requires us to balance the public interest in the full disclosure of election financing against the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of grand-jury proceedings. In State v. Doliner, 96 N.J. 236, 475 A.2d 552 (1984), we set forth standards governing disclosure of grand-jury materials...

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