LIBERTARIANS v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY

A-34 September Term 2020 084956.

269 A.3d 427 (2022)

250 N.J. 46

LIBERTARIANS FOR TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT, a NJ Nonprofit Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY and Blake Hetherington in her official capacity as Custodian of Records for Cumberland County, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CJ Griffin argued the cause for appellant (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin , of counsel and on the briefs).

Jeffrey P. Sarvas argued the cause for respondents (Barker, Gelfand, James & Sarvas, attorneys; Jeffrey P. Sarvas , and Vanessa E. James , Linwood, on the briefs).

Alexander Shalom , Newark, argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Alexander Shalom , Jeanne LoCicero , and Julia T. Bradley , of the New York bar, practicing pursuant to R. 1-21-3(c), on the brief).

Bruce S. Rosen , Florham Park, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Advance Publications, Inc.; The Associated Press; The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC; The Center for Investigative Reporting; Gannett; The Media Institute; The National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Journal Group LLC; NBCUniversal Media LLC; The New Jersey Press Association; Radio Television Digital News Association; Society of Professional Journalists; and The Tully Center for Free Speech (McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen, & Carvelli, attorneys; Bruce S. Rosen , on the brief).


In this appeal, plaintiff Libertarians for Transparent Government seeks a copy of a settlement agreement between a former corrections officer and his employer, defendant Cumberland County.

In a separate lawsuit, an inmate at the Cumberland County Jail accused the corrections officer...

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