Borough of Little Ferry v. Bergen County Sewer Authority

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Oliphant, J.

This appeal involves the constitutionality of the Bergen County Sewer Authority Act, Laws of 1946, c. 123 (R. S. 40:36A-1 et seq.), and all actions taken by the Authority thereunder.

The aforesaid act was the culmination of years of effort to deal with the problem of the pollution of the Hackensack River and its tributaries. By chapter 300 of the Laws of 1945 (R. S. 58:15A-1 et seq.), the Bergen-Hackensack Sewer Authority was created, but two years later this legislation was declared unconstitutional by the former Court of Errors and Appeals…