COUNTY OF MORRIS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, APPELLANT, AND COUNTY OF BERGEN, COUNTY OF ESSEX, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, COUNTY OF HUDSON, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, COUNTY OF OCEAN, COUNTY OF SALEM, COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND COUNTY OF SUSSEX, INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS,
v.
BARRY SKOKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BRENDAN BYRNE, AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND CLIFFORD GOLDMAN, TREASURER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENTS.
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Argued May 4, 1981.
Decided June 17, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert M. Strulowitz, Assistant County Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Armand L. D'Agostino, County Counsel, attorney).
Daniel P. Reynolds, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (James R. Zazzali, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).
Marc C. Gettis, Assistant County Counsel, submitted a letter brief on behalf of intervenor-appellant County of Essex (David H. Ben-Asher, County Counsel, attorney).
Ronald A. Esptein, County Counsel, submitted a brief on behalf of intervenor-appellant County of Salem.
Michael V. Camerino, Deputy County Counsel, submitted a brief on behalf of intervenor-appellant County of Somerset (William E. Ozzard, County Counsel, attorney).
Intervenors-appellants County of Bergen (Stephen R. Spector, County Counsel, attorney), County of Gloucester (Russell E. Paul, County Counsel, attorney), County of Hudson (Francis P. Morley, County Counsel, attorney), County of Monmouth (Richard T. O'Connor, County Counsel, attorney), County of Ocean (Franklin H. Berry, Jr., County Counsel, attorney), and County of Sussex (Donald L. Kovach, County Counsel, attorney) relied upon the brief and argument of the appellant County of Morris.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.
This is an appeal, on direct certification granted, from the decision of the State's Director of the Division of Local Government Services (Director) refusing to approve the proposed 1981 budget of Morris County. Under the Local Budget Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq., which is applicable to all counties and municipalities of the State, no budget may be adopted by a local governing body unless the Director...
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