COMM. WORKERS OF AM. v. McCORMAC

No.:L-3217-05 CIVIL ACTION

9 A.3d 1106 (2008)

417 N.J. Super. 412

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, and New Jersey Education Association, Plaintiffs, v. John McCORMAC, Treasurer, State of New Jersey; State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury; Barbara O'Hare, Manager, Government Records Access Unit, Defendants, and Blackstone Capital Partners, V, L.P.; BCP V-S, L.P.; Oak Hill Capital Partners, II, L.P.; Quadrangle Capital Partners II, L.P.; and Warburg Pincus IX, LLC, Defendants/Intervenors.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County.

Decided March 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annmarie Pinarski , Somerset, for the plaintiff Communications Workers of America (Weissman & Mintz, attorneys; Ms. Pinarski and Steven P. Weissman, on the brief).

Richard A. Friedman , Newark, for the plaintiff New Jersey Education Association (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; Mr. Friedman and Aileen O'Driscoll, on the brief).

Anne Milgram , Attorney General, for the defendant ( Julian Gorelli , Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Lewis Scheindlin , Assistant Attorney General, Joshua S. Lichtblau , Assistant Attorney General, and Rubin D. Weiner , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

James M. Hirschhorn , Newark, for the intervenors (Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross, attorneys; Mr. Hirschhorn, on the brief).


FEINBERG, A.J.S.C.

Plaintiffs, Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("CWA") and New Jersey Education Association ("NJEA") ("plaintiffs") seek to compel disclosure of investment agreements and side letters under the Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") and the common law right of access. The defendants are John McCormac, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, and Barbara O'Hare, manager of the Government Records Access Unit ("defendants"). Defendants denied the request...

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