SCHWARTZ v. BD. OF ALD. OF CITY OF PATERSON


104 N.J. Super. 495 (1969)

250 A.2d 438

LOUIS SCHWARTZ, PLAINTIFF, v. BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF CITY OF PATERSON, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided February 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis Schwartz for plaintiff (Messrs. Schwartz and Schwartz, attorneys).

Mr. Joseph A. LaCava for defendants Frank J. Sciro, City Clerk of Paterson and the City of Paterson.

Mr. Charles H. Roemer for defendants Daniel J. Koning et al., constituting the individual members of the Board of Aldermen of Paterson.


MOUNTAIN, J.S.C.

This suit seeks to compel the reapportionment of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Paterson according to the one-man one-vote principle as set forth in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 84 S.Ct. 1362, 12 L.Ed.2d 506 (1964), and explicitly made applicable to municipal governments in Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. 474, 88 S.Ct. 1114, 20 L.Ed.2d...

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