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Edmond v. Dept. of the Public Advocate

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division
Nov 14, 1975
137 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 1975)

Opinion

Submitted November 5, 1975 —

Decided November 14, 1975.

Before Judges KOLOVSKY, BISCHOFF and BOTTER.

Mr. Clarence E. Edmond, appellant, pro se. Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney for respondent ( Mr. Arthur Penn, Director, Division of Public Interest Advocacy, on the brief).


Plaintiff appeals from the refusal of the Public Advocate to institute an action on his behalf to compel the Division of Civil Rights to reopen proceedings on a complaint which plaintiff had filed in 1968 charging a board of education with discrimination against him because he is black. The Public Advocate refused to do so since there was no broad public interest involved. N.J.S.A. 52:27E-32(b).

The appeal is clearly without merit. The statute reposes in the Public Advocate the "sole discretion to represent or refrain from representing the public interest in any proceeding * * *." N.J.S.A. 52:27E-31. The record contains ample support for the action of the Public Advocate.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Edmond v. Dept. of the Public Advocate

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division
Nov 14, 1975
137 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 1975)
Case details for

Edmond v. Dept. of the Public Advocate

Case Details

Full title:CLARENCE E. EDMOND, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC…

Court:Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division

Date published: Nov 14, 1975

Citations

137 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 1975)
347 A.2d 812

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