Court Opinion

ID: 9736210
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:47:13.416425+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:05.056291
License: Public Domain

O’HERN, J.,
concurring.
I concur in the Court’s opinion with the exception of Part V. I disagree that the Court is required to hold A. 1981, c. 465 to be unconstitutional. I do not read the majority's judgment of the constitutionality of the classification to be based solely on population. The opinion recognizes that it is the combination of “diverse populations and volatile situations” reflected in a “history of tension of social problems” that goes into the legislative *235judgment. Ante at p. 228. Not every municipality that grows in population may exhibit the same characteristics. It will be time enough to judge whether such a municipality must be included in the class when we have the case. There is, thus far, no such case before us. The Legislature should have the chance to reflect upon automatic membership in the class before we pass judgment.
O’HERN, J., concurring in the result.
For reversal — Chief Justice WILENTZ, and Justices CLIFFORD, SCHREIBER, HANDLER, POLLOCK, O’HERN and GARIBALDI — 7.
Affirmed — None.