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ABBOTT EX REL. ABBOTT v. BURKE

751 A.2d 1032 (2000)

164 N.J. 84

Raymond ABBOTT, a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Frances ABBOTT; Arlene Figueroa, Frances Figueroa, Hector Figueroa, Orlando Figueroa and Vivian Figueroa, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Blanca Figueroa; Michael Hadley, a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Lola Moore; Henry Stevens, Jr., a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Henry Stevens, Sr.; Caroline James and Jermaine James, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Mattie James; Dorian Waiters and Khudayja Waiters, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Lynn Waiters; Christina Knowles, Daniel Knowles, and Guy Knowles, Jr., minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Guy Knowles, Sr.; Liana Diaz, a minor, by her Guardian Ad Litem, Lucila Diaz; Aisha Hargrove and Zakia Hargrove, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Patricia Watson; and Lamar Stephens and Leslie Stephens, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, Eddie Stephens, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Fred G. BURKE, Commissioner of Education; Edward G. Hofgesang, New Jersey Director of Budget and Accounting; Clifford A. Goldman, New Jersey State Treasurer; and New Jersey State Board of Education, Defendants-Respondents, and Jack Collins, in his official capacity as Speaker of the General Assembly, Intervenor-Movant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis I. Medoway, Haddonfield, submitted a brief on behalf of intervenor-movant (Archer & Greiner, attorneys; George F. Kugler, Jr., of counsel, Mr. Medoway and Arthur H. Jones, Jr., on the brief).

David G. Sciarra, Executive Director, Education Law Center, Edison, submitted a brief on behalf of plaintiffs-respondents (Mr. Sciarra, attorney; Mr. Sciarra and Paul L. Tractenberg, Newark, on the brief).

Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of defendants-respondents (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Douglas S. Eakeley submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The League of Women Voters of New Jersey (Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Mr. Eakeley and James Creighton Drury, on the brief).

Joseph Charles, Jr., submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Legislative Black and Latino Caucus.

PER CURIAM.

This matter comes before the Court on motion made by the Speaker of the General Assembly, Jack Collins, to intervene in and seek clarification of our prior opinion in Abbott v. Burke, 153 N.J. 480, 710 A.2d 450 (1998) (Abbott V). The Speaker asks whether this Court in Abbott V required the State to provide the full costs of school construction in the Abbott districts...

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