HAMILTON TP. v. BD. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS


50 N.J. 394 (1967)

235 A.2d 891

TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, ETC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Patrick T. McGahn, Jr. for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mr. Issac C. Ginsburg, attorney for the Atlantic County Bar Association, for defendants-respondents (Mr. Abraham Rosenberg, Assistant Solicitor of Atlantic County, and Mr. Robert H. Davisson, attorney for G.T.B. Company, a partnership, Elias G. Naame and Herman Orman, individually and as partners, and Edwin H. Helfant, guardian ad litem for Joseph E. Naame, an infant, joined in the brief).


The opinion of the court was delivered PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs' action in lieu of prerogative writs challenged the validity of a resolution of the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders authorizing a 25-year lease of certain premises in Atlantic City in order to provide for additional courtrooms. They do not question the pressing need of more courtrooms but contend that as a matter of law all permanent facilities intended for constitutional courts (such as the...

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