GANNETT LLC v. TP. OF NEPTUNE

Docket No. A-4006-18.

253 A.3d 1173 (2021)

467 N.J. Super. 385

GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, LLC, d/b/a Asbury Park Press, Plaintiff-Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. TOWNSHIP OF NEPTUNE, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan F. Cohen argued the cause for appellant/cross-respondent (Plosia Cohen, LLC, attorneys; Jonathan F. Cohen , Warren, and James L. Plosia Jr. , Chester, of counsel and on the briefs).

Thomas J. Cafferty argued the cause for respondent/cross-appellant (Gibbons, PC, attorneys; Thomas J. Cafferty , of counsel and on the briefs; Nomi I. Lowy , Lauren James-Weir , and Charlotte Howells , Newark, on the briefs).

Carl R. Woodward, III , argued the cause for amici curiae New Jersey State League of Municipalities, New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys, and New Jersey School Boards Association (Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, PC, attorneys; Carl R. Woodward, III , Roseland, on the brief).

Steven R. Cohen argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Policeman's Benevolent Association (Selikoff & Cohen, PA, attorneys; Steven R. Cohen , Mount Laurel, of counsel and on the brief).

Robert A. Honecker, Jr. , argued the cause for amicus curiae Monmouth County Chiefs of Police Association (Ansell Grimm & Aaron, PC, attorneys; Robert A. Honecker, Jr. , Ocean, of counsel and on the brief).

David L. Disler argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC, attorneys; Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. , of counsel; David L. Disler , Morristown, on the brief).

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; Suzanne Davies , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

CJ Griffin argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, Libertarians for Transparent Government, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, and New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC, and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; CJ Griffin , of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Yannotti, Mawla, and Natali.


In May 2017, Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC (Gannett), an entity that publishes the Asbury Park Press,submitted a request to the Township of Neptune seeking copies of the Internal Affairs (IA) file of Philip Seidle, who had been a Sergeant in the Township...

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