On July 15, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted certification (i.e. agreed to review) an April 8, 2016 Appellate Division ruling that held that the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) “does not require the creation of a new government record that does not yet exist at the time of a request, even if the information sought to be included in the new government record is stored or maintained electronically in other government records.”
For those who wish to read the legal arguments that led to the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the case, they are linked below:
- Paff’s Petition for Certification (Walter Luers, Raymond Baldino)
- Amicus Brief in support filed by ACLU and EFF (Christopher Michie, Edward Barocas, Mark Rumold and Jamie Williams)_
- Opposition by Galloway Township (Michael Fitzgerald)
- Amicus Brief in opposition filed by NJSLOM and NJILGA (Carl Woodward)
- Paff’s reply brief (Luers and Baldino)