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RENNA v. COUNTY OF UNION

No. A-0821-07T2

970 A.2d 414 (2009)

407 N.J. Super. 230

Tina RENNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF UNION, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gutman, Montclair, argued the cause for appellant.

Robert E. Barry, Union County Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Barry and Moshood Muftau, Assistant County Counsel, on the brief).

Debra A. Allen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for Amicus Curiae Government Records Council (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Allen, on the brief).

Thomas J. Cafferty, Lyndhurst, argued the cause for Amicus Curiae New Jersey Press Association (Scarinci & Hollenbeck, attorneys; Mr. Cafferty, Nomi I. Lowy and Lauren E. James, on the brief).

Before Judges CARCHMAN, R.B. COLEMAN and SIMONELLI.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CARCHMAN, P.J.A.D.

The narrow issue that we address on this appeal is whether the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (OPRA), requires that a request for government records be submitted on an agency's official form.

The positions of the parties are simply stated—plaintiff Tina Renna asserts that the plain language of OPRA, combined with the Legislature's policy of providing ready...

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