BULLET HOLE, INC. v. DUNBAR


763 A.2d 295 (2000)

335 N.J. Super. 562

BULLET HOLE, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, and Peter Hefferan, Appellants, v. Col. Carson DUNBAR, Superintendent, Division of New Jersey State Police; John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; and Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of the State of New Jersey, Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Pisano, III, Montville, argued the cause for appellants (Needleman and Pisano, attorneys; Mr. Pisano, of counsel and on the brief).

Larry R. Etzweiler, Senior Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents. (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, attorney for respondents; Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Etzweiler, on the brief).

Before Judges CIANCIA, ALLEY, and LANDAU.


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

This appeal involves the following issues: (1) whether, by virtue of the New Jersey Constitution's limits on the powers of the Executive Branch, the Governor was precluded from designating the Division of State Police as the agency responsible for conducting background checks under the Brady Act and (2) if the designation was valid, whether certain State Police operating...

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