Supreme Court Sides With New Jersey in Dispute With New York Over Organized Crime Watchdog

The Supreme Court held a special sitting on Sept. 30, 2022, for the formal investiture ceremony of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States/Getty Images

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on April 18 that New Jersey may unilaterally withdraw from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor in the 1950s to combat corruption.

New Jersey decided in 2018 to leave the interstate compact that created the commission in 1953 that bestowed regulatory and law-enforcement functions on the commission. That year, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, signed legislation allowing the Garden State to withdraw from the compact. Christie was succeeded in the post by Phil Murphy, a Democrat.