EXXON CORP. v. HUNT


4 N.J. Tax 294 (1982)

EXXON CORPORATION, THE B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY, UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, MONSANTO COMPANY AND TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC., PLAINTIFFS, v. ROBERT HUNT, ADMINISTRATOR OF NEW JERSEY SPILL COMPENSATION FUND; CLIFFORD A. GOLDMAN, TREASURER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; SIDNEY GLASER, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF TAXATION; AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS. EXXON CORPORATION, THE B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY, UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, MONSANTO COMPANY AND TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC., PLAINTIFFS, v. ROBERT HUNT, ADMINISTRATOR OF NEW JERSEY SPILL COMPENSATION FUND; CLIFFORD A. GOLDMAN, TREASURER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; SIDNEY GLASER, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF TAXATION; JERRY F. ENGLISH, COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Tax Court of New Jersey.

April 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Carlin, Jr., for plaintiffs (Farrell, Curtis, Carlin & Davidson, attorneys).

Mary C. Jacobson, for defendant (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney); Michael Cole & Herbert Glickman, of counsel.


EVERS, J.T.C.

The issue presented on cross-motions for summary judgment involves the constitutionality of the New Jersey Spill Compensation And Control (spill fund) Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 et seq. Its resolution requires a determination of whether that statute has been preempted by § 114(c)1 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability (super fund)

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