Techniscan Corp. v. Passaic Valley Water Commission

We granted certification, 110 N.J. 301 (1988), primarily to address the question posed in the petition whether the profit-making motive of an information-gathering service should serve to restrict the service’s statutory access, under the State’s Right-to-Know Law, N.J.S.A. 47:1 A-l to -4, to certain records of the Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC). We agree with that portion of the reported opinion of the Appellate Division, 218 N.J.Super. 226, 230 (1987), holding that there is “no reason to treat such commercially motivated ‘citizens’ seeking access under the Right to Know Law…