Case ID: nj_62/html/0471-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Pur Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

WILLIAM MASON, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. CITY OF PATERSON, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF PATERSON, ETC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS AND CROSS-APPELLANTS, v. ARTHUR DWYER, ACTING MAYOR, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS AND CROSS-RESPONDENTS. CITY OF PATERSON, ETC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ARTHUR C. DWYER, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
    Argued April 2 and 3, 1973
    Decided April 9, 1973.
    
      
      Mr. Adolpli A. Bomei argued the cause for defendants-appellants City of Paterson,1 et al. '
    
    
      Mr. Dennis J. Cummins, Jr., argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents Mason, et al.
    
    
      Mr. Leonard S. Miller argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents and cross-appellants (Messrs. Miller and Beenstra, attorneys).
    
      Mr. Charles H. Boemer argued the cause for respondents Board of Commissioners of Assessment of Taxes, etc.
   Pur Curiam.

The (rial court held, among other things, that the statute establishing the form of government for the City of Paterson was unconstitutional. 120 N. J. Super. 184 .(Law Div. 1972).. On motion, we certified the appeals prior to consideration in the Appellate Division.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons given by the trial court. There is reserved to the trial court authority to amend the timetable in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of the judgment if circumstances shall so warrant.

For affirmance — Chief Justice Weintraub, Justices Jacobs, Proctor, Hall, Mountain and Sullivan and Judge Oonford — 7.

For reversal — Hone.