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MATTHEWS v. CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY

196 N.J. Super. 145 (1984)

481 A.2d 842

MICHAEL J. MATTHEWS, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY, AND MICHAEL J. MATTHEWS, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFF, v. CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY, HENRY TYNER ARNOLD ORSATTI, JAMES WHEELAN, HAROLD MOSEE, WALTER COLLETTE, GENE DORN, JOHN WHITTINGTON, JOHN MOONEY AND JAMES SYKES, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Atlantic County.

Decided April 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Jacobs, Jr., for plaintiff (Tort, Jacobs, Gross & Todd).

Dennis J. Braithwaite, P.A., for defendant.

GRUCCIO, A.J.S.C.

This action seeks to compel the defendants to authorize the payment of legal expenses incurred by plaintiff in his successful defense of an election contest. Both parties have filed motions for summary judgment on the issue of whether the City of Atlantic City must pay the legal expenses of plaintiff.

Plaintiff is the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey and was serving in that capacity when the election contest was filed. The contest...

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