Albert v. Caldwell, No. 16.
| Court | United States State Supreme Court (New Jersey) |
| Writing for the Court | DONGES, Justice |
| Citation | 123 N.J.L. 266,8 A.2d 700 |
| Parties | ALBERT et al. v. CALDWELL, Director of Public Safety. CARONIA v. SAME. |
| Docket Number | No. 16. |
| Decision Date | 16 October 1939 |
123 N.J.L. 266
ALBERT et al.
v.
CALDWELL, Director of Public Safety.
CARONIA
v.
SAME.
No. 16.
Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey.
Oct. 16, 1939.
1. Held, under the ordinance creating and governing the police department of the City of Orange, the respondents as chance-men were regular members of the department, assigned to part time duty, and were not temporary employees.
2. Held, the adoption of the Civil Service Act, N.J.S.A. 11:1-1 et seq, by the voters of the municipality did not affect the status of the respondents as regular members of the police department.
CAMPBELL, Chancellor, and HEHER and PERSKIE, Justices, dissenting.
Appeal from Supreme Court.
Certiorari proceedings by James Caronia and by Frank J. Albert, Jr., and others against Maurice H. Caldwell, Director of Public Safety of the City of Orange, to review an order of the defendant dispensing with the services of members of the Chance Force. From a judgment of the Supreme Court setting aside the order, the defendant appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Edmond J. Dwyer and Joseph F. Zeller, both of Newark, for appellant.
James A. Palmieri and Frank A. Palmieri, both of Orange, for respondent Caronia.
Lord & Lord, of Newark, for respondents Albert et al.
DONGES, Justice.
On September 26, 1938, the Director of Public Safety of the City of Orange issued an order, known as Order No. 35, the pertinent part of which is as follows: "Effective October 1st, 1938, the services of members of the Chance Force, or Chancemen, will be dispensed with." Twenty chancemen were affected by the order. A certiorari to review the order was granted and Mr. Justice Parker set it aside. This appeal is from this action.
There were two writs issued, one at the instance of prosecutor James Caronia, and the other at the instance of prosecutor Frank J. Albert, Jr., and others. No objection is made to the joinder of the prosecutors, although there seems to be no authority for such joinder. See rules 169, 171 of the Supreme Court; Bakely v. Nowrey, 68 N.J.L. 732, 733, 54 A. 833. We proceed to the merits.
The prosecutors-respondents admittedly were all members of the chance force of the Orange Police Department.
Two points are argued by appellant: (1) That prosecutors-respondents are, as a matter of law, not protected by tenure of office, but, on the contrary, are subject to removal without cause and without a hearing; and (2) that the voters of Orange by referendum, on November 2, 1937, adopted the Civil Service...
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