Mount Laurel Township v. LOCAL FINANCE BD., DEPT. OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- Rumana v. County of Passaic (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2007)
- City of Atlantic City v. Cynwyd Investments (N.J. 1997)
- Square Brighton v. Atlantic City (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1996)
- County of Morris v. Skokowski (N.J. 1981)
- Passaic Education Ass'n v. Passaic Bd. of Ed. (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1977)
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Opinion
We affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the Appellate Division opinion, reported at 166 N. J. Super. 254 (1978). Only under limited circumstances, not here pertinent, may a municipal expenditure be made prior to an appropriation. See, e. g., Home Owners Construction Co. v. Borough of Glen Rock, 34 N. J. 305, 315-316 (1961); Essex Cty. Bd. of Taxation v. City of Newark, 73 N. J. 69, 74 (1977).
Por affirmance — Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Mountain, Sullivan, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber and Handler — 7.
For reversal — Fone.
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