COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE COMMISSIONER OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 2, 1993.
Decided April 22, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellants (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Edward J. Dauber, Executive Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Jacobson and Catherine M. Brown, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).
Eugene P. Chell argued the cause for respondent.
Ronald Kevitz, First Assistant County Counsel, argued the cause for amicus curiae County of Morris (Howard F. Appelt, II, Morris County Counsel, attorney).
Isabel McGinty, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, Justice.
We granted certification, 130 N.J. 398, 614 A.2d 620 (1992), to determine whether current prison overcrowding constitutes an "emergency" within the meaning of the Disaster Control Act, N.J.S.A. App.A:9-30 to -63. Because the Appellate Division concluded that an "emergency" as contemplated by that Act no longer existed, it invalidated...
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