PAFF v. DIVISION OF LAW

Docket No. A-3007-08T1

988 A.2d 1239 (2010)

412 N.J. Super. 140

John PAFF, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. DIVISION OF LAW, Defendant-Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gutman argued the cause for appellant/cross-respondent.

Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent/cross-appellant (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney; Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Scheindlin, on the briefs).

Before Judges BAXTER, ALVAREZ and COBURN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAXTER, J.A.D.

This appeal requires us to determine the scope of the attorney-client privilege. In particular, we are called upon to decide whether unpublished Administrative Agency Advice (AAA) letters issued by the Division of Law (Division),1 which interpret the statutes and regulations the Division's administrative agency clients are required to apply and enforce, are "government records...

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