LONGORIA v. NEW JERSEY

No. Civ.A. 99-543.

168 F.Supp.2d 308 (2001)

Emblez LONGORIA, Plaintiff, v. State of NEW JERSEY; State of New Jersey-Division of State Police; John J. Farmer, Attorney General for the State of New Jersey; Carson J. Dunbar, Superintendent, State of New Jersey-Division of State Police; Peter G. Verniero; Carl A. Williams, Jr.; Captain Joseph Sarnecky; Lieutenant Joseph Wattai; John Does 1 through 10, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Moran, Skillman, NJ, Attorney for Plaintiff, Emblez Longoria.

Benjamin Clarke, Brian McLaughlin, Robert A. Tandy, DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Gluck, & Cole, LLP, Teaneck, NJ, Attorneys for Defendants, State of New Jersey, State of New Jersey-Division of State Police, John J. Farmer, Carson J. Dunbar, Peter G. Verniero, Carl A. Williams, Jr., Captain Joseph Sarnecky, and Lieutenant Joseph Wattai.


OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case presents a footnote to the ongoing public scrutiny of the operations and employment practices of the New Jersey State Police. Plaintiff, a long-time New Jersey State Trooper, alleges that his employment prospects have been dimmed by a long-standing aura of racial hostility in the ranks of the State Police, as well as by antagonism directed at him as a result of his personal ties to a previous...

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