MOREAN v. BD. OF EDUC. OF TOWN OF MONTCLAIR


42 N.J. 237 (1964)

200 A.2d 97

DUDLEY R. MOREAN, III, ET AL., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWN OF MONTCLAIR, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morris M. Schnitzer argued the cause for appellants (Messrs. Kasen, Schnitzer & Kasen, attorneys; Mr. Waldron Kraemer, on the brief).

Mr. Charles R.L. Hemmersley argued the cause for respondent The Board of Education of the Town of Montclair.

Mr. Joseph A. Hoffman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent The State Board of Education (Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


PER CURIAM.

For many years Montclair had four junior high schools known as Hillside, George Inness, Mt. Hebron and Glenfield. As early as 1948 a professional survey group advised that a better and more economical educational program could be provided by fewer and larger junior high schools but no action to that end was taken at that time. Nevertheless the subject remained as a live one and in 1961 a group known as the Taylor...

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