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ESSEX CTY. WELF. BD. v. DEPT. OF INST. & AGENCIES

75 N.J. 232 (1978)

381 A.2d 349

ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, RESPONDENT, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES AND SONDRA ENGLE, APPELLANTS. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, RESPONDENTS, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES AND IRENE STOWERS, APPELLANTS. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, RESPONDENTS, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES AND ANN GRIECO, APPELLANTS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD (LOUISE BROWN) CAMDEN COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, RESPONDENT, v. LINDA PERAZZELLI AND DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES, APPELLANTS. CAMDEN COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, RESPONDENT, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES AND ARLENE GIBSON, APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard M. Hluchan, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant Department of Institutions and Agencies (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Mr. Allen Zaks, of the Rutgers Legal Aid Clinic, argued the cause for appellants Irene Stowers and Sondra Engle (Mr. Zaks and Mr. Larry K. Lesnick, attorneys).

Mr. Frank A. De Monsi argued the cause for respondent Camden County Welfare Board.

Ms. Susan J. Barone and Mr. Joseph P. Brennan, Jr. argued the cause for respondent Essex County Welfare Board (Mr. William J. Tamburri, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

The single issue in the six cases before us is whether county welfare boards whose rulings have been modified or reversed by fair hearing decisions of the New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies, Division of Public Welfare, rendered in favor of welfare applicants or recipients, have a right to judicial review of such decisions. For reasons hereinafter set forth, we hold that county welfare boards may...

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