Miskowitz v. Union County Utilities Authority

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiffs Harry Pappas and Lois Miskowitz appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their complaints against the Union County Utilities Authority (UCUA), its individual members, and other public officers. At issue is whether the UCUA acted lawfully in terminating plaintiffs’ fixed term employment contracts as part of a restructuring to meet the fiscal crisis prompted by federal decisions declaring unconstitutional New Jersey’s solid waste flow orders. We hold that the UCUA’s decision was incidental to the exercise of its statutory…