COLACITTI v. MURPHY

DOCKET NO. L-0738-21.

288 A.3d 44 (2022)

474 N.J. Super. 309

Joseph G. COLACITTI, City of Elizabeth, Township of Plainsboro, Peter Cantu, Neil J. Lewis, Ed Yates, Nuran Nabi, City of Vineland, and Township of Livingston, Plaintiffs, v. Philip D. MURPHY, in his official capacity as Governor of New Jersey, and The State of New Jersey, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Law Division.

Decided: July 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Simitz and Edward J. Kologi for plaintiffs Joseph G. Colacitti and City of Elizabeth ( Kologi Simitz , attorneys).

Martin Allen and Wesley E. Buirkle for plaintiffs Peter Cantu, Neil J. Lewis, Ed Yates, Nuran Nabi, City of Vineland, and Township of Plainsboro (DiFrancesco Bateman, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, PC, attorneys).

Michael J. Caccavelli and Grace Chun for plaintiff Township of Livingston (Pearlman & Miranda, LLC, attorneys).

Abiola G. Miles , Michelline Capistrano Foster , and James Robinson , Deputy Attorneys General, for defendants ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General of New Jersey).

Renee Steinhagen and Bruce Afran for amici curiae New Jersey Citizen Action, Maura Collinsgru, American Federation of Teachers, Donna Chiera, and Mark and Katherine Smith (New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, Inc., and Law Offices of Bruce Afran, attorneys).


This opinion decides defendants' motion to dismiss the above captioned complaint, which challenged the constitutionality of certain sections of L. 2021, c. 17 (hereinafter Chapter 17), for failure to state a cause of action for which relief can be granted under...

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