LESTER C. JONES, GLENN T. HOFFMAN AND H. MILTON FLITCRAFT, PLAINTIFFS,
v.
ROBERT M. FALCEY, ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, CHARLES W. SANDMAN, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW JERSEY, AND MARION W. HIGGINS, SPEAKER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS. FRANK C. OSMERS, JR., DOUGLAS RUTHERFURD, JOHN LINDSON, NEIL F. DEIGHAN, SAMUEL ELACQUA, THE UNION COUNTY COUNCIL A.F.L.C.I.O., WILLIAM L. STUBBS. HYMAN B. MINTZ, J. RUSSELL WOOLLEY, JOSEPH C. IRWIN, BENJAMIN H. DANSKIN, HARRY J. LARRISON, JR., MARCUS DALY AND GEORGE BUCKWALD, PLAINTIFFS-INTERVENORS,
v.
ROBERT M. FALCEY, ETC., ET ALS., DEFENDANTS. MURRAY S. ABOFF, MERELYN DOLINS, AND MAMIE J. VAN HORNE, PLAINTIFFS-INTERVENORS,
v.
ROBERT M. FALCEY, ETC., ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided July 8, 1966.
Decided July 8, 1966.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. W. Louis Bossle for plaintiffs Lester C. Jones, Glenn T. Hoffman and H. Milton Flitcraft.
Mr. Sidney P. McCord, Jr. for plaintiffs-intervenors Frank C. Osmers, Jr., Douglas Rutherfurd, John Lindson, Neil F. Deighan, Samuel Elacqua, The Union County Council A.F.L.-C.I.O., William L. Stubbs, Hyman B. Mintz, J. Russell Woolley, Joseph C. Irwin, Benjamin H. Danskin, Harry J. Larrison, Jr., Marcus Daly and George Buckwald (Messrs. McCord, Farrell, Eynon & Munyon, attorneys).
Mr. S. David Levy for plaintiffs-intervenors Murray S. Aboff, Merelyn Dolins, and Mamie J. Van Horne (Messrs. Covine and Levy, attorneys).
Mr. Joseph A. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, for defendants Robert M. Falcey, Acting Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Charles W. Sandman, Jr., President of the Senate of the Legislature of New Jersey, and Marion W. Higgins, Speaker of the General Assembly of the Legislature of New Jersey.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.
WICK, J.S.C.
This court heretofore determined that the prior congressional apportionment statute of New Jersey was unconstitutional under the cases of Reynolds v. Sims,377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L.Ed.2d 506 (1964), and Baker v. Carr,369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962), and reserved unto itself...
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