Legal Opinion
Dickinson v. Fund for the Support of Free Public Schools
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided July 8, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, A.J.S.C.
This case involves the validity and interpretation of an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution approved by the voters, by a vote of 864,445 in favor and 756,220 opposed, on November 3, 1981. The amendment, N.J. Const. (1947), Art. VIII, § 5, par. 1, provides:
No lands that were formerly tidal flowed, but which have not been tidal flowed at any time for a period of 40 years, shall be deemed riparian lands, or lands subject to a riparian claim, and the passage of that period shall be a good and sufficient bar to any such claim, unless during that period the State has…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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