CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF EASTERN UNION CTY. v. Leone

75 N.J. 319 (1978) 382 A.2d 381

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; THE ELIZABETH DAILY JOURNAL, A DIVISION OF MID-ATLANTIC NEWSPAPERS, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; C. THOMAS THOMAS: JAMES M. McGOWAN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS-CROSS-RESPONDENTS,

v.

RICHARD LEONE, TREASURER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; BRENDAN BYRNE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; F. JOSEPH CARRAGHER, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY: S. HOWARD WOODSON, SPEAKER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; FRANK J. DODD, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS-CROSS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued November 29, 1977. Decided January 27, 1978.

Mr. John M. Boyle argued the cause for appellants ( Messrs. Sauer, Boyle, Dwyer and Canellis, attorneys; Mr. Boyle and Mr. William A. Cambria, on the brief).

Mr. Lawrence J. Marinari argued the cause for cross-appellants S. Howard Woodson and the New Jersey General Assembly ( Messrs. Stockman, Marinari, Smithson and O'Donnell, attorneys; Ms. Maria Marinari Sypek, on the brief).

Mr. John P. Nulty argued the cause for cross-appellants Frank J. Dodd and the New Jersey State Senate ( Messrs. Nulty and Hayden, attorneys).

Mr. Theodore A. Winard, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents ( Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

*320 PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Chancery Division.

For affirmance — Chief Justice HUGHES and Justices MOUNTAIN, SULLIVAN, PASHMAN, CLIFFORD, SCHREIBER and HANDLER — 7.

For reversal — None.