CITY OF CAMDEN v. WHITMAN


738 A.2d 969 (1999)

325 N.J. Super. 236

CITY OF CAMDEN, Appellant, v. Christine Todd WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey, The New Jersey Senate and its Members, Donald Difrancesco, as its President and as a Representative of the Individual Members of the New Jersey Senate, The New Jersey Assembly and its Members, Jack Collins, as its Speaker and as a Representative of the Individual Members of the New Jersey Assembly, Jane Kenny, Commissioner, Department of Community Affairs, and Stephen R. Sasala, II-Acting Director, State Division of Local Government Services and Chairman of the Local Finance Board, Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Misci, Jr., City Attorney, for appellant.

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for respondents (Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Daniel P. Reynolds, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges MUIR, Jr., WALLACE, Jr., and CUFF.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MUIR, Jr., P.J.A.D.

On a direct appeal to this court, the City of Camden seeks a declaratory judgment that a provision of the New Jersey General Appropriations Act for 1998-1999 (L.1998, c. 45) is unconstitutional. The Act provided Camden with $15,000,000 in special aid. It also authorized the Local Finance Board (Board) to create a financial review board "to approve, implement and enforce a financial plan for the...

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