AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY v. COUNTY PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Nos. A-33 September Term 2022, 087789

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Thompson argued the cause for appellant (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Karen Thompson, Jeanne LoCicero , Alexander Shalom , and Elyla Huertas , on the brief).

Christopher J. Gramiccioni argued the cause for respondent (Kingston Coventry, attorneys; Christopher J. Gramiccioni, on the letter brief).

CJ Griffin argued the cause for amici curiae Libertarians for Transparent Government and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin, on the briefs).

Thomas H. Prol argued the cause for amicus curiae Municipal Clerks' Association of New Jersey, Inc. (Sills Cummis & Gross, attorneys; Thomas H. Prol, on the brief).

Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys; Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr., of counsel, and David L. Disler and Thomas J. Reilly, on the brief).

Lawrence S. Lustberg submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Salvation and Social Justice and Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (Gibbons and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg, Julia Bradley (Gibbons) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, Emily Schwartz, Yannick Wood, Henal Patel, and Ryan P. Haygood, on the brief).


In this appeal, we determine whether defendant the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey (CPANJ), a nonprofit organization whose members are the twenty-one county prosecutors of New Jersey, is a public agency required to disclose records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA),...

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