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CAMBRIA v. SOARIES

776 A.2d 754 (2000)

169 N.J. 1

Judith CAMBRIA and The League of Women Voters of New Jersey, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DeForest B. SOARIES, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey and John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 25, 2000.

Filed July 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Eakeley argued the cause for appellants (Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Deborah A. Silodor on the briefs).

Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by PORITZ, C.J.

This case involves a provision of the New Jersey Constitution that establishes the mechanism by which the Constitution may be amended. We have been asked for the first time to interpret the requirement set forth in Article IX, Paragraph 5 that the Legislature must present "more than one amendment" to the people "separately and distinctly." In specific, plaintiffs contend...

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