SOUTH HARRISON v. BD. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS


210 N.J. Super. 370 (1986)

510 A.2d 42

SOUTH HARRISON, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MARY ANN ALLS: HERBERT DANNER; WARREN MORGAN; THOMAS SORBELLO; AND RUSSELL MARINO, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER AND NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Goldshore argued the cause for appellant Township Committee of the Township of South Harrison (Goldshore & Wolf, attorneys; Lewis Goldshore, Marsha Wolf and Robert J. Cash, on the brief).

Bruce C. Hasbrouck argued the cause for respondents Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Gloucester (Hasbrouck & Uliase, attorneys).

Harley A. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Department of Environmental Protection (W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Deborah T. Poritz, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).

Thomas H. Ward argued the cause for amicus curiae The Gloucester County Times.

Harbourt, Kelly & McTighe filed amicus curiae brief on behalf of New Jersey Farm Bureau (Arthur A. McTighe, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, O'BRIEN and SIMPSON.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

This appeal challenges the action of the Board of Chosen Freeholders taken on December 28, 1984 amending the Gloucester County Solid Waste Management Plan to designate a site in South Harrison Township as the location of the county-wide landfill. We conclude that the members of the Board violated the Open Public Meetings Law, sometimes called the "Sunshine Law...

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