GEORGIA v. SURUDA


154 N.J. Super. 439 (1977)

381 A.2d 821

JOSEPH F. GEORGIA, JOSEPH SCOTT, THORNTON SMITH AND ROBERT JANISZEWSKI, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM A. SURUDA, BEATRICE BAILY, REV. VICTOR R. YANITELLI AND DOMINICK J. PUGLIESE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided October 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Seymour Margulies for plaintiffs (Messrs. Brigadier & Margulies, attorneys).

Mr. Eric Summerville for defendants (Messrs. Summerville, Radding & Campbell, attorneys).


CALISSI, J.S.C.

The Board of Education of Jersey City consists of nine members. Presently there are 12. This anomaly results from the fact that both outgoing Mayor Paul T. Jordan and newly elected Mayor Thomas X. Smith have each appointed three members to the school board to fill the same three vacancies.

Plaintiffs seek to have themselves declared the lawful members of the school board, and to oust defendants from their positions as members. They contend...

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