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DYKE v. OTLOWSKI

154 N.J. Super. 377 (1977)

381 A.2d 413

JOHN DYKE, IRWIN FRIEDMAN AND ANN N. WINNICKI, PLAINTIFFS, v. GEORGE J. OTLOWSKI, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS MAYOR OF CITY OF PERTH AMBOY; CITY OF PERTH AMBOY; JAMES GOUMAS; STEPHEN GOLEC AND LILLIAN HANDERHAN, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided December 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jack Wysoker, attorney for plaintiffs Irwin Friedman and Ann W. Winnicki (Messrs. Mandel, Wysoker, Sherman, Glassner & Weingartner, attorneys).

Mr. Oliver R. Kovacs, attorney for George J. Otlowski, individually (Messrs, Kovacs, Anderson, Horowitz & Rader, attorneys).

Mr. Saul Wolfe, attorney for George J. Otlowski, as mayor of Perth Amboy and all other defendants (Messrs. Skoloff & Wolfe, attorneys).

FURMAN, J.S.C.

Plaintiffs Friedman and Winnicki contend their discharges from employment with the City of Perth Amboy were in violation of their rights to their own political beliefs and associations under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. After a change in the city administration as the result of a nonpartisan election in May 1976 (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.), Friedman was ousted by defendant Otlowski, the new Mayor...

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