Quick Chek Food Stores v. Township of Springfield

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

SCHREIBER, J.

Plaintiff Quick Chek Food Stores sought a declaratory judgment that an ordinance of the Township of Springfield mandating closing hours for businesses in certain parts of the municipality was an unconstitutional exercise of the Township’s police power. The trial court in a written unreported opinion rejected the challenge. The Appellate Division affirmed substantially for the reasons set forth in the trial court’s opinion. We granted plaintiff’s petition for certification. 81 N.J. 351 (1979).

At the trial plaintiff produced two witnesses,…