Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp. · ¶53

To start, New Jersey structured NJ Transit as a legally separate entity. NJ Transit was created as a “body corporate and politic with corporate succession.” N. J. Stat. § 27:25–4(a). Consistent with that label, NJ Transit possesses typical corporate powers, such as the power to “[s]ue and be sued,” “enter into contracts,” and “[p]urchase, . . . or otherwise acquire, . . . real or personal property,” among others. §§27:25–5(a), (j), (r). It also has the power to “[m]ake and alter bylaws,” “[s]et and collect fares,” raise funds from “gifts, grants, or loans,” “[e]stablish” its own “operating divisions,” “[a]dopt and maintain” its own “employee benefit programs,” and even “[o]wn” and “control” any “corporate entity” that it “acquired” or “formed” to carry out its statutory objectives. §§ 27:25–5(c), (g), (m), (n), (t), (u). NJ Transit's corporate status serves as strong evidence that it is…

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