# Mount Laurel Township v. LOCAL FINANCE BD., DEPT. OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

> Supreme Court of New Jersey · March 16, 1979 · 79 N.J. 397

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/1950709

## Case

- **Full name:** Mount Laurel Township, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Local Finance Board of the Department of Community Affairs, Defendant-Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Jersey
- **Decided:** March 16, 1979
- **Citations:** 79 N.J. 397; 399 A.2d 980; 1979 N.J. LEXIS 1197
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
We affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the Appellate Division opinion, reported at 166
N. J. Super.
254 (1978). Only under limited circumstances, not here pertinent, may a municipal expenditure be made prior to an appropriation. See, e. g.,
Home Owners Construction Co. v. Borough of Glen Rock,
34
N. J.
305, 315-316 (1961);
Essex Cty. Bd. of Taxation v. City of Newark,
73
N. J.
69, 74 (1977).
Por affirmance
— Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Mountain, Sullivan, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber and Handler — 7.
For reversal
— Fone.

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