IN RE DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUID ASSETS UPON DISSOLUTION OF UNION CTY. REGIONAL HIGH SCH. DIST. NO. 1


773 A.2d 6 (2001)

168 N.J. 1

In the Matter of the DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUID ASSETS UPON DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION COUNTY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, Union County.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Goodsell, Roseland, argued the cause for appellant Borough of Mountainside (Post, Polak, Goodsell & MacNeill, attorneys; Mr. Goodsell and John N. Post, of counsel).

Teresa L. Moore, Newark, argued the cause for respondent Berkeley Heights Board of Education (McCarter & English, attorneys).

Douglas J. Kovats, Red Bank, argued the cause for respondent Clark Board of Education (Kenney, Gross and Kovats, attorneys).

James P. Granello, Little Silver, argued the cause for respondent Kenilworth Board of Education.

Michelle Lyn Miller, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State Board of Education (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Cherie L. Maxwell, Newark, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Springfield Board of Education (Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, attorneys).

Peter A. Tucci, Jr., former counsel, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondents Borough of Garwood and Board of Education of the Borough of Garwood (Buttermore, Mullen, Jeremiah & Phillips, attorneys).

David B. Rubin, Metuchen, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Mountainside Board of Education.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

We granted certification to review a decision of the State Board of Education (State Board) ordering distribution of the liquid assets of the now-dissolved Union County Regional High School District No. 1 ("District") to each of the District's six constituent municipalities. The District operated four school buildings and had approximately $3.3 million in liquid assets. Upon dissolution, the District's school buildings...

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