In Re Gaulkin

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hughes, C. J.

This application for the review and relaxation of an administrative policy enunciated by the Court is somewhat unusual in nature. It was initiated by a petition filed by one affected by the policy, Mrs. Ellen Gaulkin, wife of a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court. In a most appropriate way she had sought the views of the Supreme Court as to the propriety of her intended candidacy for public office in view of her husband’s judicial position. Upon the expression of our negative opinion, she acceded for the time, although disagreeing with…