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1 BOOKER V RICE -- rank: 1000

... members” of the governing body in issue is required under N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7, meaning that Speight could only be validly appointed to the ... supra , 294 N.J. Super. at 12, 17 (emphasis added). N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 merely requires a majority of “remaining members” for a ... a “specific, fixed number of affirmative votes.” Compare N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 (only using the language “remaining members”), with N.J ... law were directly applicable, this court is not persuaded that N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 requires a specific number to achieve a majority because the ... which is similar to the statute in Patterson excluding disqualification. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 seems to fall in between the common law rules because ... be by a majority vote of the remaining members.” N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7; see also Apgar v. Smith , 169 N.J. Super. ...

docket:	l-8586-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Trial Division
decided:	2013-07-05
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2 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/trial/booker-v-rice.opn.html -- rank: 1000

... members” of the governing body in issue is required under N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7, meaning that Speight could only be validly appointed to the ... supra , 294 N.J. Super. at 12, 17 (emphasis added). N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 merely requires a majority of “remaining members” for a ... a “specific, fixed number of affirmative votes.” Compare N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 (only using the language “remaining members”), with N.J ... law were directly applicable, this court is not persuaded that N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 requires a specific number to achieve a majority because the ... which is similar to the statute in Patterson excluding disqualification. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 seems to fall in between the common law rules because ... be by a majority vote of the remaining members.” N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7; see also Apgar v. Smith , 169 N.J. Super. ...

docket:	BOOKER-V-RICE
court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided:	0000-00-00
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3 MAYOR DAWN ZIMMER v. COUNCILWOMAN THERESA CASTELLANO -- rank: 868

... like the companion case, four affirmative votes were insufficient because N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 requires that the vacancy be filled by a majority of ...

docket:	a2559-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-05
status:	published
citation:	432 N.J.Super. 412 75 A.3d 1163
Document Size:	27372

4 CORY BOOKER -- rank: 711

... present, the Council attempted to appoint Congressman Payne's successor. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7 requires that a majority of remaining council members — that ... Municipal Vacancy Law permits a governing body's "remaining members," N.J.S.A. 40A:16-7, to fill a vacancy within thirty days of the occurrence ...

docket:	a2413-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-05
status:	published
citation:	431 N.J.Super. 548 71 A.3d 206
Document Size:	31756