NJ Justices Expand Disclosure of Public Officials’ Private Email

New Jersey law requires that public entities hand over their officials’ private email logs that relate to government work, the state high court ruled Thursday.

Under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act the personal and private emails of public workers are “records” subject to disclosure, Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis said in her opinion for the unanimous court.

That disclosure potentially included messages sent and received by the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional High School Board of Education, which was sued after withholding data from board members’ accounts.

The New Jersey Supreme Court opinion mostly tracked with an appeals court win for government ...