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· 2/5/1992

North Jersey Newspapers Co. v. Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders

Citations

  • 601 A.2d 693
  • 127 N.J. 9
  • 19 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1962
  • 1992 N.J. LEXIS 11

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that in certain circumstances, Evidence Rule 34 will protect toll-billing records of government official
  • defining public record as something \made by public officers in the exercise of public functions\ (internal quotation omitted)
  • considering media representative’s interest in obtaining access to telephone numbers called by public officials
  • defining public record as something “made by public officers in the exercise of public functions” (internal quotation omitted)
  • elected body's phone bills not Right-to-Know records as not required to keep records of parties called

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Judges: O'Hern

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