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1 RAYMOND R. ROE et al. V. BOROUGH OF UPPER SADDLE RIVER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, et al. -- rank: 1000

... N.J.S.A. 40A:14-60 to -65, specifically N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 which provides:          No department of the State government, nor any ... economic depression" nor "mandatory retrenchment" existed here. They, therefore, read N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 to preclude the abolition of plaintiffs' positions by virtue of ... A. 1934).     Nonetheless, focusing upon the previously underlined portions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65, plaintiffs and amicus posit that when the Exempt Firemen's ... 40:47-66, See footnote 4 4 the predecessor to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65, the Legislature intended to sharply curtail what amicus characterizes as ... 66 (now N.J.S.A. 40:47-63 (now N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 was enacted in 1938. There is no illuminating legislative history ... supra , 135 N.J. Super. at 320.     The construction of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 proffered by plaintiffs and amicus is, indeed, a radical ...

docket:	a6961-98
court:	njappellate
decided:	2001-02-07
status:	published
citation:	336 N.J.Super. 566
Document Size:	29814

2 DONALD G. VIVIANI v. BOROUGH OF BOGOTA, -- rank: 964

... whether the provisions of the Exempt Firemen's Tenure Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 prevents municipalities from abolishing positions held by exempt firemen in ... Judge Harris.     Judge Harris found that defendant was precluded by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 VIOLATED THE NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION BY EITHER CREATING A GIFT ... reached by Judge Harris that, after tracing the evolution of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65, the legislative purpose was to avoid the pre-1938 case ... enacted in 1971, L. 1971, c. 197, is codified at N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 and provides:             No department of the State government, nor any ... 63 as they relate to the provisions set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65. In essence, defendant argues that, when read together, the appropriate ... retrenchment. Defendant asserts that Judge Harris "rewrote" the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 by suggesting that the word "or" should be read ...

docket:	A1557-99
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2001-02-07
status:	published
citation:	336 N.J. Super. 578
Document Size:	42709

3 Viviani v. Borough of Bogota -- rank: 815

... s position violated the Act. The trial court found that N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 precluded defendant from abolishing plaintiff's position as assistant superintendent ... those instances marked by “widespread economic depression or mandatory retrenchment.” N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65. Justice Verniero contends further that discerning the true intent of ... BOGOTA,     Defendant-Appellant.      VERNIERO, J., dissenting.     This appeal centers on N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65, which protects the holder of an exempt firefighter's certificate ... the same ratio as in the case of other employees. [ N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65.] In view of that provision, the panel below concluded that ... Indeed, in the face of governmental downsizing, the language in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65, which prohibits the termination or demotion of a tenured firefighter ... allow abolition of a position for reasons of “economy” alone. N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65. The lower courts' views represent a fair balance of ...

docket:	a-102-00
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-02-25
status:
citation:	170 N.J. 452
Document Size:	37759

4 JOHN J. BUONANNO v. BOROUGH OF ELMWOOD PARK TOWNSHIP OF ROCHELLE PARK and RICHARD BOLAN - -- rank: 773

... provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-60 to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 provide tenure to unclassified civil servants who meet the qualifications ... forth in N.J.S.A . 40A:14-60 to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65. Therefore, plaintiff has tenure under these statutes. But tenure is ... hearing. We do note that, contrary to what plaintiff claims, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-65 does not require that there be widespread economic depression or ...

docket:	a0742-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-05-06
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	31301