PAFF v. PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

A-17 September Term 2016 078040.

192 A.3d 975 (2018)

235 N.J. 1

John PAFF, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Marzarella , Chief Appellate Attorney, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph D. Coronato , Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney; Samuel J. Marzarella , of counsel and on the briefs, and Nicholas D. Norcia , Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Richard M. Gutman argued the cause for respondent ( Richard M. Gutman , on the briefs).

Raymond R. Chance, III , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Raymond R. Chance, III , of counsel, and Daniel M. Vannella , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Ian C. Kennedy , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for amicus curiae County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey ( Richard T. Burke , President, attorney; Ian C. Kennedy and Annmarie Cozzi , Senior Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

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 David L. Disler , on the brief).

Richard D. Pompelio argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center (New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center, attorneys; Richard D. Pompelio, of counsel and on the brief).

CJ Griffin argued the cause for amici curiae Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, Garden State Equality, People's Organization for Progress, and the New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin, of counsel and on the brief).

Alexander Shalom argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ( Edward L. Barocas , Legal Director, attorney; Alexander Shalom , Edward L. Barocas , Jeanne M. LoCicero , and Iris Bromberg on the brief).


In this appeal, we apply the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, to recordings made by mobile video recorders (MVRs) in police vehicles in compliance with a municipal police chief's general order. The MVR recordings at issue documented an incident in which police officers...

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