HIGG-A-RELLA, INC., T/A STATE INFORMATION SERVICE, BLAU APPRAISAL COMPANY, AND ROBERT D. BLAU, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,
v.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE, TOWNSHIP OF CALDWELL, TOWNSHIP OF CEDAR GROVE, CITY OF EAST ORANGE, BOROUGH OF ESSEX FELLS, TOWNSHIP OF FAIR-FIELD, TOWNSHIP OF GLEN RIDGE, TOWNSHIP OF IRVINGTON, TOWNSHIP OF MAPLEWOOD, TOWNSHIP OF MILLBURN, TOWNSHIP OF MONTCLAIR, CITY OF NEWARK, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH CALDWELL, TOWNSHIP OF NUTLEY, CITY OF ORANGE, TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH ORANGE VILLAGE, TOWNSHIP OF VERONA, AND TOWNSHIP OF WEST CALDWELL, DEFENDANTS, AND THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION, AND THE MAYORS, COUNCILS, AND ASSESSORS OF THE FOLLOWING ESSEX COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIP OF BELLEVILLE, TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD, TOWNSHIP OF LIVINGSTON, TOWNSHIP OF ROSELAND, AND TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
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Argued May 1, 1995.
Decided July 19, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Julian F. Gorelli, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mark J. Fleming and Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel).
Robert D. Blau argued the cause for respondents (Blau & Blau, attorneys; Charles E. Blau, of counsel).
Vincent A. Pirone, Director of Law, on behalf of appellant Township of Bloomfield, submitted a letter in lieu of brief relying on the briefs filed and oral argument presented on behalf of appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation.
Sean F. Byrnes, on behalf of appellant Township of Livingston, submitted a letter in lieu of brief relying on the briefs filed and oral argument presented on behalf of appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation (McCarter & English, attorneys).
Joseph G. Dooley, Jr., Municipal Attorney, on behalf of appellant Township of West Orange, submitted a letter in lieu of brief relying on the briefs filed and oral argument presented on behalf of appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation.
Robert J. Giordano, on behalf of appellant Township of Belleville, submitted a letter in lieu of brief relying on the briefs filed and oral argument presented on behalf of appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation (Giordano & Cataldo, attorneys).
Gabriel H. Halpern, on behalf of appellant Township of Roseland, submitted a letter in lieu of brief relying on the briefs filed and oral argument presented on behalf of appellant The Essex County Board of Taxation (Fox and Fox, attorneys).
Nelson C. Johnson submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae The Press of Atlantic City and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Henry H. Perritt, Jr., submitted a brief amicus curiae, pro se.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.
Plaintiff Higg-A-Rella, Inc., t/a State Information Service, is a private New Jersey corporation in the business of selling municipal tax-assessment data to real-estate brokers, attorneys, appraisers, and other customers. State Information Service sought to obtain from Essex County a computer tape of the tax-assessment records of every municipality within the county. The computer tapes that State Information...
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