Legal Opinion
Township of Mount Laurel v. Department of the Public Advocate
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 21, 1980PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the “Department of the Public Advocate Act of 1974,” N.J.S.A. 52:27E-1 to -47. Plaintiffs, a township and two of its resident taxpayers, assert two constitutional infirmities in the statute: (1) the discretionary authority delegated to the Public Advocate is so broad as to violate the separation of powers provision of the New Jersey Constitution, Article 3, paragraph 1; and (2) the Public Advocate spends public funds for private purposes, in violation of Article 8, section 3, paragraph 3. In…
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