Judge dismisses Norcross lawsuit against Murphy

George Norcross’ lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy alleging that a task force investigating New Jersey’s tax incentive programs was illegally constituted was dismissed today by a Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson, the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported.

Jacobson had denied a requested for a preliminary injunction last month after Norcross’ lawyers sought to delay the release of a task force report that suggested companies tied to the Democratic powerbroker had no intention of moving jobs to Philadelphia if they failed to get tax credits from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.

Attorneys for Norcross sought to subpoena documents from Murphy aides and consultants following a New Jersey Globe report that revealed the existence of weekly calls between the governor’s staff and political advisors called Inside/Outside calls.

”I was extremely concerned that you would try to prevent the court from looking at such a critical document and instead suggest that a blog post was something that should look at,” Jacobson said in her ruling, according to a tweet this evening by POLITICO New Jersey’s Matt Friedman.

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