KAMAN v. MONTAGUE TP. COMMITTEE


730 A.2d 309 (1999)

158 N.J. 371

Maureen E. KAMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Director, Division of Taxation, Intervenor-Respondent, v. MONTAGUE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, Mayor Richard Dickson, Deputy Mayor William Campana, Committeemen Patrick Smith, Paul Brislin and Leroy Vandermark and Ben Murdock, Tax Assessor, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lloyd, Teaneck, for plaintiff-appellant (Rosenblum, Wolf & Lloyd, attorneys).

Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, for intervenor-respondent (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

John D. Frederickson, Edgewater, for defendants-respondents (Carmel & Frederickson, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

The issue in this appeal requires us to decide whether a tax assessor who remains in office for two years after the expiration of his or her term without the benefit of reappointment can be terminated at will.

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This case involves the position of the tax assessor for Montague Township (Township). After the resignation of a tenured tax assessor, Edward Nowicki was appointed for a term of four years...

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