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MATTER OF FIREMEN'S ASS'N OBLIG.

Nos. A-68 September Term 2015, 077097.

166 A.3d 1125 (2017)

230 N.J. 258

In the MATTER OF the NEW JERSEY FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE RELIEF APPLICATIONS UNDER the OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. Jeff Carter, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John Doe, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Gillespie and George M. Morris argued the cause for appellant New Jersey State Firemen's Association ( Parker McCay , attorneys; Stacy L. Moore, Jr. , on the briefs).

C.J. Griffin argued the cause for respondent Jeff Carter ( Pashman Stein , attorneys; C.J. Griffin and Walter M. Luers , of counsel and on the briefs).

Thomas J. Cafferty argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Press Association (Gibbons, attorneys; Thomas J. Cafferty , Nomi I. Lowy , and Lauren James-Weir , on the briefs).

We are asked to decide whether, after a public entity denies a citizen's record request, the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, and the common law right of access preclude the public entity from instituting a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgment Act...

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