BRET SCHUNDLER v. GLENN R. PAULSEN, et al.

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

GLENN R. PAULSEN, GEORGE R.GILMORE,
RICHARD H. BAGGER, DEFOREST B.
SOARIES, New Jersey Secretary of
State, SHARON YOUNG, Director of
Election Law Enforcement Commission,
 
Defendants-Respondents,

and

MICHAEL J. GARVIN, Atlantic County
Clerk, KATHLEEN A. DONOVAN, Bergen
County Clerk, PHILIP E. HAINES,
Burlington County Clerk, JAMES BEACH,
Camden County Clerk, ANGELA F.
PULVINO, Cape May County Clerk,
GLORIA NUTO, Cumberland County Clerk,
PATRICK McNALLY, Essex County Clerk,
JAMES HOGAN, Gloucester County Clerk,
JANET E. HAYNES, Hudson County Clerk,
DOROTHY K. TIRPOK, Hunterdon County
Clerk, CATHERINE DiCOSTANZO, Mercer
County Clerk, ELAINE FLYNN, Middlesex
County Clerk, M. CLAIRE FRENCH,
Monmouth County Clerk, JOAN BRAMHALL,
Morris County Clerk, M. DEAN HAINES,
Ocean County Clerk, RONNI NOCHIMSON,
Passaic County Clerk, GILDA T. GILL,
Salem County Clerk, R. PETER WIDIN,
Somerset County Clerk, ERMA GORMLEY,
Sussex County Clerk, JOANNE RAJOPPI,
Union County Clerk, TERRANCE D. LEE,
Warren County Clerk;

Defendants,

and

ROBERT D. FRANKS,

Intervenor-Respondent.

Submitted May 10, 2001 _ Decided May 10, 2001

On appeal from the Superior Court,
Appellate Division, whose opinion
is reported at ____ N.J.Super. _____
(2001).

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman &
Dicker, LLP, submitted a brief on
behalf of appellant (Brian W. McAlindin
and Jennifer A. Keller on the brief).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of
New Jersey, submitted a letter brief on
behalf of respondents DeForest B. Soaries
and Sharon Young (Mark J. Fleming, Assistant
Attorney General, on the brief; Michael J.
Haas, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland &
Peretti, LLP, submitted a letter brief
on behalf of respondents Glenn R. Paulsen,
George R. Gilmore, and Richard H. Bagger
(Anne M. Patterson on the brief).

Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, LLP,
submitted a letter in lieu of brief on
behalf of intervenor-respondent Robert
D. Franks (William E. Baroni, Jr., on the
brief).

PER CURIAM

This matter has come before the Court on an appeal as of right that alleges several constitutional violations. R. 2:2- 1(a)(1). In light of the need for a prompt disposition of the matter, the parties have submitted briefs on an accelerated schedule pursuant to our Order of May 9, 2001, and the Court has elected, pursuant to Rule 2:11-1(b), to dispose of the appeal without oral argument. In addition, the Court has carefully reviewed the record below, including the briefs of the parties filed with the trial court and the Appellate Division.
The Court is satisfied that the opinions of Judge Feinberg in the Law Division and Judge Baime in the Appellate Division have resolved appropriately the issues raised. Therefore, the judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in that court's opinion.
The Court's Order of May 9, 2001, staying all actions in respect of the Republican primary for Governor, is vacated, effective immediately.

CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and ASSOCIATE JUSTICES STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA, and ZAZZALI join in the Court's opinion.