Legal Opinion
New Jersey State AFL-CIO v. Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 27, 1990PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue before the Court is the propriety under N.J.S.A. 19:37-1 of submitting certain public questions to the voters of five counties, Bergen, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, and Somerset. The public questions for the proposed non-binding referendum deal with the recently adopted tax and school aid laws— they seek to determine voter support for their repeal. Necessarily affected, although not before us, are similar public questions that five other counties and numerous municipalities seek to place on the ballot. We hold that all of the proposed questions are impermissible under the statute.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Botkin v. Mayor & Borough Council of WestwoodNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- Botkin v. Mayor and Borough Council of WestwoodSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- In Re Certain Petitions for Binding ReferendumNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- Santoro v. MAYOR & COUNCIL OF BOROUGH SO. PLAINFIELDNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
- Board of Chosen Freeholders v. SzafermanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1989
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3Cited by8 opinions
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