Legal Opinion
Golden v. County of Union
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 9, 2000PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
VERNIERO, J.
Plaintiff, Howard Golden, commenced this action challenging his discharge from the position of assistant county prosecutor in the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. By statute, assistant prosecutors serve in their positions “at the pleasure of the respective prosecutors____” N.J.S.A. 2A:158-15. This appeal requires us to consider the interplay between that statutory provision and certain language contained in an employee manual in existence at the time of plaintiffs removal. The narrow issue is whether the prosecutor must conduct an internal…
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