JERSEY CITY UNITED v. WARD COMM'N

DOCKET NOS. A-0356-22, A-0560-22.

311 A.3d 989 (2024)

478 N.J. Super. 132

JERSEY CITY UNITED AGAINST THE NEW WARD MAP, Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, Greenville Neighborhood Alliance, Friends of Berry Lane Park, Riverview Neighborhood Association, Pershing Field Neighborhood Association, Sgt. Anthony Neighborhood Assoc., Gardner Avenue Block Association, Lincoln Park Neighborhood Watch, Morris Canal Redevelopment CDC, Harmon Street Block Association, Crescent Avenue Block Association, Democratic Political Alliance, and Frank E. Gilmore, in his individual and official capacity as Ward F Councilman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JERSEY CITY WARD COMMISSION and John Minella, in his official capacity as Chair of the Commission, Defendants-Respondents. James Calderon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Jersey City Ward Commission, John Minella, Chairman, Sean J. Gallagher, Secretary, and Commissioners Daniel E. Beckelman, Paul Castelli, Janet Larwa, and Daniel Miqueli, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renée W. Steinhagen argued the cause for appellants in A-0356-22 (New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, Inc., Matsikoudis & Fanciullo, LLC, and Yael Bromberg , Glen Rock, (Bromberg Law LLC), attorneys; Renée W. Steinhagen, Yael Bromberg, and William C. Matsikoudis , on the briefs).

James Calderon, appellant in A-0560-22, argued the cause pro se.

Jason F. Orlando , Roseland, argued the cause for respondents (Murphy Orlando LLC, attorneys; Jason F. Orlando and Tyler Newman , on the briefs).

Before Judges Gilson, DeAlmeida, and Bishop — Thompson.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

Following the 2020 decennial United States Census, the City of Jersey City Ward Commission (the Commission) redrew the six election wards for the City of Jersey City (the City). In these two appeals, which we consolidate for purposes of this opinion, plaintiffs challenge the ward...

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