Gross v. Township of Ocean

In reversing the judgment of the Appellate Division substantially for the reasons expressed in the dissenting opinion below, 184 N.J.Super. 144, 157 (1982), we emphasize our impression that the defendant municipality acted in the utmost good faith in attempting to solve the perplexing problem of how best to arrange for the removal from the public streets of unregistered, disabled and illegally parked, and abandoned motor vehicles. See N.J.S.A. 39:3-4, N.J.S.A. 39:4-136, and N.J.S.A. 39:4-56.5. Although the question of whether the “negative charge” public bidding device fashioned by Ocean…