Keddie v. Rutgers, State University

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

COLEMAN, J.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether a taxpaying citizen of this State who is also a professor at Rutgers, the State University (“Rutgers”), has either a statutory or common-law right to access “public records” concerning Rutgers’ expenditures for outside legal counsel in labor, civil rights, and employment-related matters in which Rutgers is or has recently been a party. The trial court denied access under both the common law and the Right>-to-Know Law, N.J.S.A 47:1A-1 to -4. The Appellate Division reversed, holding that all of the…