Appellate Division Ruling on Criminal Investigatory Records to be Appealed to Supreme Court

North Jersey Media Group has announced that it will ask the Supreme Court to review the Appellate Division’s opinion in North Jersey Media Group v. Township of Lyndhurst, in which the court determined that almost every record connected with a criminal investigation is confidential under OPRA.

There is no guarantee that the Supreme Court will grant review of this matter. Even if it does, it is unlikely to issue a decision on the merits until late in 2016. As a result, the Appellate Division’s opinion constitutes binding law on OPRA’s criminal investigatory records exemption for the foreseeable future. For a detailed summary of this important opinion, see this post.

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