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IN RE INVESTIGATION REGARDING RINGWOOD FACT FINDING

65 N.J. 512 (1974)

324 A.2d 1

IN THE MATTER OF INVESTIGATION REGARDING RINGWOOD FACT FINDING COMMITTEE RE VIOLATION OF N.J.S.A. 19:34-38.1.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph D.J. Gourley, Passaic County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the appellant pro se (Mr. Gary Schlyen, Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor, of counsel).

Mr. Martin F. Murphy argued the cause for the respondents citizens of Ringwood (Messrs. Johnson, Johnson & Murphy, attorneys).

Mr. Alfred J. Luciani, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the State of New Jersey Amicus Curiae (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General, attorney; Mr. David S. Baime, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

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

The Ringwood Fact Finding Committee circulated a pamphlet shortly before the November 3, 1970 Ringwood mayoral election. The pamphlet did not in terms refer to "any election or to any candidate or to the adoption or rejection of any public question" (N.J.S.A. 19: 34-38.1), but it did criticize a proposed solid waste disposal program which had the support of a candidate...

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