Legal Opinion

Tractenberg v. Township of West Orange

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided September 16, 2010PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SAPP-PETERSON, J.A.D.

In this appeal by plaintiff, Paul Tractenberg, and cross-appeal by defendant, Township of West Orange (“West Orange” or “Township”), we are presented with an issue of first impression, whether property appraisals performed by a private appraiser at the behest of the West Orange Council fall within the deliberative process exemption of the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A 47:1A-1 to -13. Five months before the Supreme Court decided Education Law Center v. New Jersey Department of Education, 198 N.J. 274, 966 A.2d 1054 (2009),…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Manalapan Realty v. Township Committee of the Township of ManalapanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
  2. Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
  3. Nieder v. Royal Indemnity InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
  4. William Jordan v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  5. John R. Mapother, Stephen E. Nevas v. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993

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