WE THE PEOPLE v. CITY OF ELIZABETH


739 A.2d 430 (1999)

325 N.J. Super. 329

WE THE PEOPLE COMMITTEE, INC., a New Jersey Non Profit corporation whose members include several taxpayers, homeowners and voters in the City of Elizabeth, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITY OF ELIZABETH and Anthony R. Pillo, City Clerk of the City of Elizabeth, and Liberty Water Company, a New Jersey Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Lehman, Elizabeth, for plaintiff-appellant.

Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, for defendant-respondent Liberty Water Company (Steven J. Picco, of counsel; James E. McGuire, Princeton, on the brief).

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Gluck, attorneys for defendants-respondents City of Elizabeth and Anthony R. Pillo (Jonathan L. Williams, Teaneck, of counsel; R. Brian McLaughlin, Trenton, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, WECKER and BILDER.


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

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