HOMEMAKER SERV. v. BD. OF CHOSEN


883 A.2d 1074 (2005)

380 N.J. Super. 596

VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF HUDSON COUNTY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF the COUNTY OF HUDSON and County of Hudson Department of Health and Human Services, Defendants-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy Nan Vogelman, Secaucus, argued the cause for appellants (Chasan, Leyner, & Lamparello, attorneys; Ms. Vogelman, of counsel and on the brief; Nicole R. Chhabria, on the brief).

Joseph Maddaloni, Jr., Morristown, argued the cause for respondent (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys; Mr. Maddaloni and Frank A. Custode, on the brief).

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, counsel for amici curiae Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, Jubilee Interfaith Organization, Interfaith Community Organization, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Legal Services of New Jersey, Acorn Living Wage Resource Center, and New Jersey Acorn in Support of Appellant Hudson County (Nathan Newman, Craig Levine, Paul K. Sonn, and Jonathan Gass, on the brief).

Before Judges CUFF, LINTNER and GILROY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LINTNER, J.A.D.

This, a case of first impression in New Jersey, requires us to determine the validity of Hudson County's 2003 Living Wage Ordinance (the Ordinance), which directs contractors to provide an increased minimum wage and mandatory health benefits to their employees providing food, janitorial, unarmed security guard, and home health care services to the County. Plaintiff, Visiting Homemaker Service (VHS)...

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