RESNICK v. EAST BRUNSWICK TP. BD. OF ED.


135 N.J. Super. 257 (1975)

343 A.2d 127

ABRAHAM RESNICK, PLAINTIFF, v. EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION, REFORM TEMPLE OF EAST BRUNSWICK, EAST BRUNSWICK BAPTIST CHURCH, NATIVITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF EAST BRUNSWICK, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

June 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sanford Rader for plaintiff (Messrs. Kovacs, Anderson, Horowitz & Rader, attorneys).

Mr. Frank J. Rubin for defendant East Brunswick Township Board of Education (Messrs. Rubin & Lerner, attorneys).

Mr. Samuel H. Davis and Mr. Ira S. Novak for defendant Reform Temple of East Brunswick (Messrs. Dubowsky & Davis and Messrs. Gross, Novak & Klein, attorneys).

Mr. Seymour Gelzer for defendant East Brunswick Baptist Church (Messrs. Iaria & Gelzer, attorneys).

Mr. Stephen R. Philpitt for defendant Nativity Evangelical Lutheran Church of East Brunswick.


FURMAN, J.S.C.

Plaintiff citizen and taxpayer seeks to enjoin use of public schools within his municipality for religious services and religious education. He charges violations of the governing statute (N.J.S.A. 18A:20-34) and of the United States and New Jersey Constitutions (U.S. Const., Amend. I and Amend XIV; N.J. Const. (1947), Art. I, par. 3 and par. 4).

The facts established at trial are as follows. Since 1962 defendant board of education...

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