Supreme Court Takes Jail Settlement Agreement Case - NJ OPRA Blog

NJ OPRA Blog

1.15.21

Today the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to hear the plaintiff’s appeal in Libertarians for Transparent Gov’t v. Cumberland County, 465 N.J. Super. 11 (App. Div. 2020), a published decision that shut down public access to non-litigation settlement agreements that resolve a public employee’s internal discipline.

CJ Griffin of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden filed the successful petition for certification. We will blog soon with more details about the case and the issues before the Supreme Court. In the meantime, readers can view John Paff’s blog for more details about the matter when it was pending in the trial court.