Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Lonegan v. State
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 21, 2002Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partStein, J.
The critical issue in this appeal is whether the issuance of so-called “contract” or “appropriations” debt without voter approval by independent state authorities, unsupported by an adequate independent revenue source and to be amortized by annual legislative appropriations, violates the Constitution’s Debt Limitations Clause, N.J. Const Art. VIII, § 2, ¶ 3,9 notwithstanding that the State has no legal liability for repayment of that debt.
The State’s increased reliance on appropriations debt in recent years is undisputed. That debt now amounts to approximately $10.8 billion, or roughly…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Robinson v. CahillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
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