ROKOS v. STATE, DEPT. OF TREASURY


236 N.J. Super. 174 (1989)

564 A.2d 1217

WILLIAM J. ROKOS, JR., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, DIVISION OF PENSIONS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Halpern argued the cause for appellant.

Francine W. Kaplan, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Board of Trustees, Public Employees' Retirement System (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Francine W. Kaplan, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, LONG and GRUCCIO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

In this public-employee pension case, petitioner, William J. Rokos, Jr., appeals from the determination of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) that the salary he was paid for his service as presiding judge of the municipal courts of Union County during calendar year 1986 does not constitute creditable compensation for pension purposes. We reverse.

There is no dispute of fact. In 1985,...

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