THURBER v. CITY OF BURLINGTON


924 A.2d 533 (2007)

191 N.J. 487

Michelle THURBER, Appellant-Respondent, v. CITY OF BURLINGTON, Respondent-Appellant, and State of New Jersey Judiciary and The Honorable John A. Sweeney, A.J.S.C., Intervenors-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Suflas argued the cause for intervenors-appellants (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, attorneys; Mr. Suflas and John P. Mueller, Voorhees, on the brief).

Anthony Valenti argued the cause for appellant (Cureton Caplan, attorneys; Karen M. Murray, Delran, on the letter in lieu of brief).

Steven P. Weissman, New York, NY, argued the cause for respondent (Weissman & Mintz, attorneys).

Pamela N. Ullman, Deputy Attorney General, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Merit System Board (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


Justice HOENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents us with the opportunity to clarify the intersection between discipline of employees holding career service municipal court positions and the authority of Assignment Judges as this Court's constitutional designees for oversight of judiciary employees within the vicinages. Because we conclude that, under the circumstances presented here, this employee's job classification was allocated by the judiciary...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases