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PRESBYTERY OF NEW JERSEY v. FLORIO

Civ. A. No. 92-1641 (WGB).

830 F.Supp. 241 (1993)

The PRESBYTERY OF NEW JERSEY OF the ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Wildwood, and Rev. David B. Cummings, Plaintiffs, v. James FLORIO, Robert Del Tufo, Marilyn Flanzbaum, Roman Angel, Betty Carson, Olga L. Vasquez-Clough, Felton Lingo, Sr., Reinhold W. Smyczek, Casey Tam, C. Gregory Stewart, John Doe(s), and Jane Doe(s), Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Neuberger, Wilmington, DE, and Richard J. Traynor, Morristown, NJ, for plaintiffs.

Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of N.J. by William H. Lorentz, Charles S. Cohen, Andrea M. Silkowitz, Div. of Law, Newark, NJ, for State defendants.

Evans, Osborne & Kreizman by Lewis H. Robertson, Little Silver, NJ, for amicus curiae, the American Civ. Liberties Union of N.J.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads by Louis A. Petroni, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Religious amicus curiae1.

OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge:

Defendants James Florio, Robert Del Tufo, Marilyn Flanzbaum, Roman Angel, Betty Carson, Olga L. Vasquez-Clough, Felton Lingo, Sr., Reinhold W. Smyczek, Casey Tam, and C. Gregory Stewart move to dismiss this action as non-justiciable. For the following reasons, the Court will grant the motion.

I. Background

Plaintiffs, the Presbytery of New...

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