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Home News v. State, Dept. of Health
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 17, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
This appeal requires the Court to determine whether the Right-to-Know Law, N.J.S.A 47:1A-1 to -4, or the common-law right to inspect public documents entitle petitioner to receive cause-of-death information on a death certificate. Respondent Department of Health adopted a regulation, N.J.A.C. 8:2A-1.2, that bars the release of such information in all but a limited number of cases. The Appellate Division upheld the regulation and ruled that petitioner was precluded from receiving the cause-of-death information. We granted certification, 142…
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