LEONARDIS v. BUNNELL


147 N.J. Super. 417 (1977)

371 A.2d 365

PETER A. LEONARDIS, MARY A. LEONARDIS, MARVIN L. RUBIN, JOYCE RUBIN, STANLEY GOLDBERG, KENNETH SCHEIHOFER, GARY W. PARIS, VIRGINIA PARIS, MYRNA LOPAT AND SHERMAN LOPAT, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS, v. ROBERT BUNNELL, BUNNELL BROS., INC., ALTON VAN HORN, HENRY H. KAGEL, HUGO C. BIERTUEMPFEL, LEONARD ZEHNBAUER, INC., LAWRENCE SCHRECK, JAMES P. GENOVESE, WILLIAM HEBEL, MAX SEROTA, BURTON CO., INC., EUGENE M. ECKLUND AGENCY, UNITED POLICYHOLDERS SERVICE CORP., RICHARD DREHER, JR., WILLIAM BAUER, JR., KOLOMON KISS, EUGENE ECKLUND, JOHN S. ZIMMERMAN, JAMES C. CONLON, ANTHONY RUSSO, ROBERT R. LACKEY, ROY KITCHELL, SAMUEL L. RABKIN, JOHN YACOVELLE, AND REV. WILLIAM F. STATON, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided January 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Friedman for plaintiffs.

Mr. James B. Flynn for defendants Robert Bunnell and Bunnell Bros., Inc. (Messrs. Williams & Flynn, attorneys).

Mr. Kenneth S. Javerbaum for defendant James P. Genovese (Messrs. Bloom & Javerbaum, attorneys).

Mr. Eugene Ecklund, defendant Pro Se.

Mr. Bernard Warren Hehl for defendant James C. Conlon (Messrs. Romano, Hehl, Romankow & Wilde, attorneys).

Mr. Stanley A. Cohn for defendant John Yacovelle (Messrs. Yacovelle & Cohn, attorneys).

Mr. John R. Weigel for defendant Alton Van Horn.

Mr. Michael A. Chasan for defendant Richard Dreher, Jr.

Mr. Richard A. Mink for defendant John S. Zimmerman.

Mr. William Bauer, Jr., defendant Pro Se.

Mr. Howard Schwartz for defendant Leonard J. Zehnbauer, Inc. (Messrs. Simone & Schwartz, attorneys).

Mr. Salvatore S. De Luca for Anthony Russo and Rev. William F. Staton.

Mr. Edward J. Toy for defendant Max Serota (Messrs. Toy & Taylor, attorneys).

Mr. Thomas E. O'Gorman for defendant Henry H. Kagel (Messrs. O'Gorman & McMann, attorneys).


BRODY, J.J.D.R.C., Temporarily Assigned.

The Union Township Committee retained defendant Bunnell Bros., Inc. (Bunnell) from 1961 through 1974 to serve as the township's insurance broker. Bunnell shared its commissions equally with other Union Township brokers, each of whom was privately designated by a different one of the five committeemen.

This action, initiated and prosecuted by several of the township's residents and taxpayers, was brought by leave of...

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