Legal Opinion
Ciesla v. New Jersey Department of Health
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided December 4, 2012PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SABATINO, J.A.D.
We consider in this appeal a denial by the Government Records Council (“the GRC” or “the Council”) of a request made under the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, to obtain a draft report prepared by staff within the New Jersey Department of Health (“the Department”) concerning a hospital’s application for a certificate of need.
*133For the reasons that follow, we affirm the GRC’s ruling because the draft report is fully protected from disclosure under OPRA as “deliberative material” excluded from the statute’s…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- DiProspero v. PennSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005
- Petroleum Information Corporation v. United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Mason v. City of HobokenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2008
- In Re Virtua-West Jersey Hospital Voorhees for a Certificate of NeedSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2008
- Wilson v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- A-0125-14t4john Paff v. Galloway TownshipNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2016
- Libertarians for Transparent Gov't v. Gov't Records CouncilNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2018
- A.A. v. GramiccioniNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
- Larkins v. SolterNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2017
- A.A. v. Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Esq., Carey J. HuffNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
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