Cooper v. Mayor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

D’ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.

Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in this action in lieu of prerogative writs.

The first issue is whether a personnel manual adopted by the Borough of Haddon Heights (Borough) supersedes “An Ordinance Fixing The Salaries And Wages To Be Paid To The Officers And Employees Of The Borough of Haddon Heights For The Year 1994.” The second issue is whether the salary ordinance violated the rights of two of the plaintiffs’ under N.J.S.A 40A:9-165 *176because the ordinance denied them “without good cause an increase in salary given to all…