Legal Opinion
Newark Superior Officers Ass'n v. City of Newark
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 14, 1985PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
On August 6, 1979, L.1979, c. 163, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-60.7, became effective, allowing the mayors of cities of the first class with a “Mayor-Council Plan C” form of government under the Optional Municipal Charter Law, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to 40:69A-210, to appoint their police chiefs. The issue here is whether N.J.S.A. 40:69A-60.7 is special legislation enacted in violation of N.J. Const. (1947), Art. IV, § VII, If 9(13).
Both the trial court and the Appellate Division held that the law was unconstitutional because it was special legislation. The…
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