YOUNG v. BD. OF HEALTH, BOR. OF SOMERVILLE


61 N.J. 76 (1972)

293 A.2d 164

RAYMOND A. YOUNG, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH OF SOMERVILLE, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R. Hillas, Jr., argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Richard H. Thiele, Jr., argued the cause for respondents, Boards of Health of the Townships of Bridgewater and Branchburg, and the Boroughs of Somerville and Raritan (Messrs. Wharton, Stewart and Davis, attorneys).

Mr. Russell Fleming, Jr., argued the cause for respondents, Somerville Water Company and Elizabethtown Water Company (Messrs. Sailer, Fleming and Raczkowski, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by MOUNTAIN, J.

This case questions the validity of the proposed fluoridation of a public water supply, an issue which has apparently not hitherto come directly before the courts of this state.

Between May and September, 1970, the Boards of Health of the Boroughs of Raritan and Somerville and of the Townships of Branchburg and Bridgewater, all in Somerset County, adopted resolutions requesting their common supplier of...

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