Supreme Court of New Jersey
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Joseph M. Mc Crane, Jr.
May 12, 197261 N.J. 1
Summary
The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower court's summary judgment that the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority Law is constitutional, holding that the statute does not violate the State's debt limitation or appropriations clauses and that the Authority's bonds are obligations of the Authority alone. The Court also required the Authority to conduct a formal consultation hearing with the Meadowlands Commission and the Department of Environmental Protection as mandated by the statute. Separate concurring/dissenting opinions argued that the covenant in Section 15 creates an impermissible state debt and that the referendum exemption for the racetrack is unconstitutional.