| Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others | |
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| Court | Wellington Supreme Court |
| Decided | 11 June 1976 |
| Citation | [1976] 2 NZLR 615 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Chief Justice Richard Wild |
| Keywords | |
| Bill of Rights 1688, separation of powers, Parliamentary supremacy, Constitutional law | |
Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others is a 1976 New Zealand Supreme Court[a] case concerning whether press statements by Robert Muldoon had breached section 1 of the Bill of Rights 1688. In its decision, the court ruled "That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of Parliament, is illegal".[1] The case has since become one of New Zealand's most important constitutional law decisions.
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- ^ Bill of Rights 1688, section 1.