MATTHEWS v. DEANE


201 N.J. Super. 583 (1984)

493 A.2d 632

MICHAEL J. MATTHEWS, PLAINTIFF, v. ADELAIDE DEANE, JAMES W. MASLAND III, AND ATLANTIC COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Atlantic County.

Decided April 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Jacobs Jr. for plaintiff Michael J. Matthews (Tort, Jacobs, Gross & Todd, attorneys).

William Cappuccio for defendant Adelaide Deane.

Gerald M. Eisenstat for defendant James W. Masland III (Shapiro, Eisenstat & Gabage P.C., attorneys).

Oscar N. Gaskins co-counsel for defendant James W. Masland III.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, for defendant Atlantic County Board of Elections (Donna Kelly-Boccher, Deputy Attorney General).


GRUCCIO, A.J.S.C.

This matter arises in the course of a challenge to the sufficiency of a recall petition which led to the recall of plaintiff from his position as mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey on March 13, 1983. The plaintiff and the defendants have made a joint application for a preliminary determination by the court of the validity or invalidity of printed signatures on recall petitions. The narrow issue facing this court is whether registered voters who printed...

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