PAFF v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE

No. A-4280-07T2

970 A.2d 409 (2009)

407 N.J. Super. 221

John PAFF, Complainant-Appellant, v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE, Respondent-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Luers, for appellant.

Jason Holt, Corporation Counsel, for respondent City of East Orange (Kevin D. Harris, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, for respondent Government Records Council (Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Debra A. Allen, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, GRALL and ESPINOSA.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a subsection of the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, which provides that "[a] request for access to a government record shall be in writing and hand-delivered, mailed, transmitted electronically, or otherwise conveyed to the appropriate custodian," N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g), requires a public agency to accept a request...

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