Martin E. O’boyle, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Borough of Longport, and Thomas Hiltner in His Capacity as Borough of…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division, adopting the common interest rule as articulated in LaPorta and holding that the six categories of documents exchanged between private counsel and the municipal attorney are protected work product not subject to production under OPRA or the common law right of access, and that O’Boyle failed to demonstrate a particularized need for them.