Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF NOVEMBER 8, 1996, DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OFFICE
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1999-01-28
Citations: 156 N.J. 599
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF NOVEMBER 8, 1996, DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OFFICE.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 599–599

Head Matter:
722 A.2d 536
IN THE MATTER OF NOVEMBER 8, 1996, DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OFFICE.
Argued January 5, 1999
Decided January 28, 1999.
Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant, State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury (Peter Vemiero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Kevin M. Wolfe and Peter M. Ullman, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs).
Michael O’B. Boldt, argued the cause for respondent, The Hilton at Short Hills (Bourne, Noll & Kenyon, attorneys).
Martin S. Ettin, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae New Jersey Retail Merchants Association and The International Mass Retail Association (Katz, Ettin, Levine, Kurzweil, Werber & Scialabba, attorneys; Mr. Ettin, James B. Evans, Jr., and Robert P. Saltzman, on the brief).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Brochin's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 309 N.J.Super. 272, 706 A.2d 1177 (1998).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, and COLEMAN — 7.
Opposed — None.