Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority v. Ocean County Utilities Authority

In this case the Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority (Manasquan) alleged that a 111% rate increase imposed on it in 1984 by the Ocean County Utilities Authority (Ocean) was unlawful to the extent that it reflected rates lower than those required by law during the period prior to Manasquan’s affiliation with Ocean. The trial court ruled that the Manasquan/Ocean service agreement, which provided that Manasquan’s rates could not be more favorable than the rates of *240other users, superseded any illegality inherent in Ocean’s rate structure prior to Manasquan’s affiliation. Based largely on…