PEOPLE FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT v. ROBERTS


938 A.2d 158 (2008)

397 N.J. Super. 502

PEOPLE FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT, Ann Graham, Robert T. Duval, Alice Crozier and James D. Vance, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. David ROBERTS, in his capacity as Mayor of Hoboken, Ruben Ramos, in his capacity as a member of the Hoboken City Council, the City of Hoboken, Terry LaBruno, in her capacity as a member of the Hoboken City Council, and Peter Cammarano, in his capacity as a member of the Hoboken City Council, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee Steinhagen, argued the cause for appellants (New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, attorneys; Ms. Steinhagen, of counsel and on the brief).

Christopher R. Welgos, Florham Park, argued the cause for respondents (Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Kessler, attorneys; Stephen J. Edelstein, of counsel; Mr. Edelstein, Denis G. Murphy and Christopher R. Welgos, on the brief).

Before Judges WEISSBARD, S.L. REISNER and GILROY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WEISSBARD, J.A.D. (retired and temporarily assigned on recall).

In this appeal we must determine whether four individual plaintiffs, Ann Graham, Robert T. DuVal, Alice Crozier and James D. Vance, and People for Open Government (POG), an organization of which they are members, have standing to challenge what they claim to be a lack of enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the City of Hoboken (the City) designed to curtail...

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