STATE v. CELMER


80 N.J. 405 (1979)

404 A.2d 1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, AND OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT, v. LOUIS J. CELMER, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William B. Gallagher, Jr. argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Klitzman, Klitzman and Gallagher, attorneys).

Mr. Alfred C. Clapp argued the cause for respondent Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (Mr. Henry H. Paterson, attorney).

Mr. Donald W. Peppler, Jr., Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Alexander D. Lehrer, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by PASHMAN, J.

At issue in this case is the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 40:97-1 et seq. — a statutory scheme which grants various municipal powers to the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association of The United Methodist Church. Specifically, defendant contends that by delegating to the Association the authority to make laws and the power to enforce those laws through the establishment of a municipal court, ...

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