PAFF v. GALLOWAY TP.

No. A-88 September Term 2015. No. 077692.

162 A.3d 1046 (2017)

229 N.J. 340

John PAFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP and Thalia C. Kay, in her capacity as Municipal Clerk and Records Custodian of Galloway Township, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Luers argued the cause for appellant (Law Offices of Walter M. Luers and Furst & Lurie, attorneys; Walter M. Luers , Joshua M. Lurie , and Raymond M. Baldino , of counsel and on the briefs).

Michael J. Fitzgerald argued the cause for respondents (Fitzgerald, McGroarty & Malinsky, attorneys).

Thomas J. Cafferty argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Press Association and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Gibbons, attorneys; Thomas J. Cafferty , Nomi I. Lowy , Lauren James-Weir , and Charlotte M. Howells , on the brief).

Christopher J. Michie argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( Clark Michie , attorneys; Christopher J. Michie , Bruce W. Clark , Edward L. Barocas , Jeanne M. LoCicero , and Iris Bromberg , on the brief).

Carl R. Woodward, III , argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State League of Municipalities and New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys (Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, attorneys).

Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. , argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys; Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr., of counsel and on the brief, and Phillip C. Bauknight ; on the brief).


In this appeal, we address the scope of a municipality's obligation to disclose electronically stored information in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13.

Plaintiff John Paff filed a request with Galloway Township's records custodian...

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