Legal Opinion
Lige v. Town of Montclair
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 30, 1976PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Schkeiber, J.
In a complaint filed with the Division of Civil Rights, Charles S. Lige charged the Town of Montclair with violating the Law Against Discrimination, N. J. S. A. 10:5-1 et seq., by refusing to hire him as a fireman because he was black. He averred that he had applied for a fireman’s position and had failed a written test taken on [November 6, 1971. This complaint was amended to allege that the testing and selecting procedures "are fair in form but discriminatory in operation” and to seek compensatory damages.
A second amended complaint,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- DeFunis v. OdegaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hirabayashi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- United Bldg. & Constr. Trades Council v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY CAMDENSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
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