Pascucci v. Vagott

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hughes, C. J.

These appeals (certified here while pending unheard in the Appellate Division, 68 N. J. 176 (1975)) challenge the validity of a regulation of the Division of Public Welfare, New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies, setting lower levels of financial assistance to persons classified as “employable” than to those classified as “unemployable.” The primary issue is whether that classification is arbitrary and unreasonable on its face or as applied; related to this question is the collateral issue of whether the classification…