LINDEN DEMOCRAT. CMTE. v. LINDEN

Docket No. A-1759-19.

262 A.3d 1216 (2021)

469 N.J. Super. 149

LINDEN DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE and Paul Coates, Jr., Plaintiffs-Respondents/Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF LINDEN and City of Linden Municipal Council, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria A. Lucido argued the cause for appellants/cross-respondents (Aloia Law Firm, LLC, attorneys; Brian J. Aloia , of counsel and on the briefs; Victoria A. Lucido , on the briefs).

Louis N. Rainone argued the cause for respondents/cross-appellants (Rainone Coughlin Minchello, LLC, attorneys; David L. Minchello , of counsel and on the briefs; Brian P. Trelease and Matthew R. Tavares , on the briefs).

Before Judges Messano, Hoffman, and Suter.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This appeal requires us to construe seemingly ambiguous provisions of the Municipal Vacancy Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:16-1 to -23 (the Vacancy Law). Plaintiff Paul Coates, Jr., was one of three people whose names were submitted by the Linden Democratic...

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