Malone v. Fender

• Decision Date: 13 June 1978
• Citation: 160 N.J.Super. 221,389 A.2d 504
• Parties: Robert MALONE, Louis Postel and Bartholomew Bevins, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. James L. FENDER, Joseph H. Capasso, Robert J. Oldknow, Joseph A. Stuart,Michael C. Stoia, Thomas H. Mageean, William R. Conn, George J. Flanagan, EmilJ. Nigro, Raymond J. Hermann, Warren B. Wilson, John A. Roberts, William G.Schalk, WilliamDougan, James Malcolm, James Heron, George J. Harris, Theodore J. Durante,Francis X. Lynch, Francis J. Meyers, John L. Palmer, Joseph McMillan and DanielTaylor, Intervenors-Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE of the State of NewJersey, Defendant-Respondent.
• Court: New Jersey Superior Court — Appellate Division

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160 N.J.Super. 221

389 A.2d 504

Robert MALONE, Louis Postel and Bartholomew Bevins, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. James L. FENDER, Joseph H. Capasso, Robert J. Oldknow, Joseph A. Stuart,Michael C. Stoia, Thomas H. Mageean, William R. Conn, George J. Flanagan, EmilJ. Nigro, Raymond

J. Hermann, Warren B. Wilson, John A. Roberts, William

G.Schalk, WilliamDougan, James Malcolm, James Heron, George

J. Harris, Theodore J. Durante,Francis X. Lynch, Francis J.

Meyers, John L. Palmer, Joseph McMillan and DanielTaylor, Intervenors-Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE of the

State of NewJersey, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Submitted Feb. 14, 1978.

Decided March 30, 1978.

Supplemental Opinion June 13, 1978.

Schechner & Targan, West Orange, for intervenors-appellants (Edward Weisslitz, West Orange, of counsel and on the brief).

Fox & Fox, Newark, for plaintiffs-respondents (Richard H. Greenstein, Newark, on the brief).

John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen., for respondent Civil Service Com'n (William F. Hyland, former Atty. Gen., and Erminie L. Conley, Deputy Atty. Gen., of counsel; Henry D. Blinder, Deputy Atty. Gen., on the brief).

Before Judges FRITZ, BOTTER and ARD.

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION

Because of the Commission's past practices and N.J.A.C. 4:1-11.6, we are mindful of the instability that would ensue if this decision were applied retroactively. Therefore, we direct that it be applied prospectively only, except for the list in this case and in any presently pending proceeding in which the same challenge is made. Cf. Darrow v. Hanover Tp., 58 N.J. 410, 420, 278 A.2d 200 (1971); Willis v. Conservation & Ec. Develop. Dep't, 55 N.J. 534, 541, 264 A.2d 34 (1970). No appointment shall be made hereafter in local service from a list unlawfully extended, but no appointments previously made from such a list shall be invalidated except as provided herein.