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1 BOOKER V RICE -- rank: 1000

... vote. The Mayor then exercised his statutory power pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 to break the assumed “tie” and voted in favor ... the treatment of abstentions, coupled with the statutory language of N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 regarding limitations on the Mayor’s power to vote only ... council vacancy only in the event of a tie vote. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8. It is the interplay of these two statutes that fuels ... reading of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-132 with N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8, since no vacancy appointment was involved, which fittingly was the ... J.S.A. 40A:9-132 persuades this court that N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 “provides otherwise” the exact scenario in which the Legislature ... to take action. N.J.S.A. 40A:9-132. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8, however, specifically addresses the power of a mayor to ...

docket:	l-8586-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Trial Division
decided:	2013-07-05
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Document Size:	76987

2 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/trial/booker-v-rice.opn.html -- rank: 1000

... vote. The Mayor then exercised his statutory power pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 to break the assumed “tie” and voted in favor ... the treatment of abstentions, coupled with the statutory language of N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 regarding limitations on the Mayor’s power to vote only ... council vacancy only in the event of a tie vote. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8. It is the interplay of these two statutes that fuels ... reading of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-132 with N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8, since no vacancy appointment was involved, which fittingly was the ... J.S.A. 40A:9-132 persuades this court that N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 “ provides otherwise” the exact scenario in which the Legislature ... to take action. N.J.S.A. 40A:9-132. N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8, however, specifically addresses the power of a mayor to ...

docket:	BOOKER-V-RICE
court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided:	0000-00-00
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Document Size:	78851

3 MAYOR DAWN ZIMMER v. COUNCILWOMAN THERESA CASTELLANO -- rank: 802

... that permitted Mayor Dawn Zimmer to utilize her statutory power, N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8, to break the deadlock. Mayor Zimmer voted for Mr. Doyle ...

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: 733

... in their view, authorized the mayor to vote, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8; the mayor voted in favor of plaintiff Shanique Davis Speight ... tie – and only because of this perceived tie, see N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 (declaring that a mayor may vote "to fill a vacancy ... such a tie, the affirmative vote of Mayor Booker. See N.J.S.A. 40A:16-8 (declaring that "a mayor shall be permitted to vote to ...

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