Mercadante v. City of Paterson

• Decision Date: 05 April 1971
• Citation: 275 A.2d 440,58 N.J. 112
• Parties: Thomas M. MERCADANTE and Mario Opromollo, individually and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF PATERSON, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, and the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the City of Paterson, Defendants-Respondents.
• Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

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58 N.J. 112

275 A.2d 440

Thomas M. MERCADANTE and Mario Opromollo, individually and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF PATERSON, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, and the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the City of Paterson, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued March 22, 1971.

Decided April 5, 1971.

On appeal from Superior Court, Chancery Division.

Abram A. Lebson, Englewood, for appellants (Lebson & Prigoff, Englewood, attorneys).

Joseph L. Conn, City Counsel, for respondents (Joseph A. LaCava and William A. Feldman, Paterson, on the brief).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed essentially for the reasons expressed by Judge Mountain in the Chancery Division, 111 N.J.Super. 35, 266 A.2d 611 (1970).

For affirmance: Chief Justice WEINTRAUB and Justices JACOBS, FRANCIS, PROCTOR, HALL and SCHETTINO--6.

For reversal: None.