Humane Society of the United States v. New Jersey State Fish & Game Council

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Clifford, J.

This case presents a challenge, on equal protection and due process grounds, to the constitutionality of N. J. S. A. 13 :1B-24. That enactment sets forth the qualifications and recommendation procedures for appointment to the Pish and Game Council, an appointive eleven member body within the Division of Pish, Game and Shell Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Protection. The trial court (which heard the case on what it called “a limited stipulation of facts and legal argument”), in a formal opinion later clarified by a supplemental…