
    722 A.2d 536
    IN THE MATTER OF NOVEMBER 8, 1996, DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OFFICE.
    Argued January 5, 1999
    Decided January 28, 1999.
    
      Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant, State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury (Peter Vemiero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Kevin M. Wolfe and Peter M. Ullman, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs).
    
      Michael O’B. Boldt, argued the cause for respondent, The Hilton at Short Hills (Bourne, Noll & Kenyon, attorneys).
    
      Martin S. Ettin, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae New Jersey Retail Merchants Association and The International Mass Retail Association (Katz, Ettin, Levine, Kurzweil, Werber & Scialabba, attorneys; Mr. Ettin, James B. Evans, Jr., and Robert P. Saltzman, on the brief).
   PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Brochin’s opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 309 N.J.Super. 272, 706 A.2d 1177 (1998).

For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O’HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, and COLEMAN — 7.

Opposed — None.  