DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTH. v. HUGHES


46 N.J. 451 (1966)

217 A.2d 865

DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY, EDWARD C. McAULIFFE, RALPH CORNELL, EARL B. HOWE, ALFRED R. PIERCE, AND ARTHUR P. SCHALICK, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. RICHARD J. HUGHES, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, SENATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David J. Goldberg, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellants (Miss Beatrice S. Tylutki, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Warren C. Douglas argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Bruce A. Wallace, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered

PER CURIAM.

The five individual plaintiffs are New Jersey members of the Delaware River Port Authority, a bistate agency formed by compact between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. N.J.S.A. 32:3-1 et seq. They were appointed commissioners of the agency on June 4, 1962. The defendant Secretary of State deemed the appointments to be for unexpired terms of office and on that basis certified the terms of all would...

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