Opinion
C-9 September Term 2021 085465
09-27-2021
MACK-CALI REALTY CORP., Cal-Harbor V Urban Renewal Associates, LP, Cal-Harbor VII Urban Renewal Associates, LP, Roseland Residential Trust, Gary Wagner, Ivan Baron, H.P. Roosevelt Urban Renewal Company, LLC, Cambridge Corporate Services, Inc., Local 621, United Construction Trades Industrial Union, Local 365, United Employees of Service Workers, SP Plus Corporation, Los Cuernos Corp., Exchange Place Alliance District Management Corporation, Spartan Security Services, Inc., New Jersey Business & Industry Association, and Hudson County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. STATE of New Jersey, City of Jersey City, Mayor and Counsel of the City of Jersey City, Donna Mauer, in her Official Capacity as Director and Chief Financial Officer of the City of Jersey City, and Brian Platt, in his Official Capacity as Business Administrator of the City of Jersey City, Defendants-Respondents. City of Newark, Intervenor-Respondent.
ORDER A petition for certification of the judgment in A-003097-18 having been submitted to this Court, and the Court having considered the same;
It is ORDERED that the petition for certification is granted, limited to the issue of whether the payroll tax's "residency exemption" violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Certification is denied as to all other issues.
By operation of Rule 2:12-9, the appeal as of right is summarily dismissed as to any issues beyond the Court's limited grant of certification.