Legal Opinion
Matthews v. City of AtLantic City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 30, 1980PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
PASHMAN, J.
The Commission Form of Government Law, N.J.S.A. 40:70-1 et seq., also known as the Walsh Act, L. 1911, c. 221 (as amended), provides that in an applicable municipality a member of the board of commissioners, the elected governing body, “shall have been a citizen and resident of the municipality for at least two years immediately preceding his election.” N.J.S.A. 40:72-1; see N.J.S.A. 40:72-2. The question presented is whether this restriction on eligibility for public office violates the Equal Protection Clause of the federal constitution,…
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