Wilson v. Brown, A-5854-07T1, A-5883-07T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Cuff, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication January 12, 2009. Before Judges Cuff, Fisher and Baxter. On appeal from the Law Division, Mercer County, L-1297-07. [Sat below: Judge Innes.] DDS No. 21-2-2709 [37 pp.]
Citing the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, Thomas Wilson, the chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, requested, inter alia, copies of all e-mail communications between the governor and Carla Katz addressing official state business. He submitted the request soon after the governor announced a new collective negotiations agreement governing state employee members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Katz, the president of the largest CWA local, had a close personal relationship with the governor that ended before his inauguration. They remained friends, however.
