Borger v. Borough of Stone Harbor

HAINES, J. S. C.

Anne C. Borger received a one-year probationary appointment to the Stone Harbor, New Jersey, police force. After serving as a police officer for several months, but less than a year, she was discharged, without stated reasons or a hearing. She then filed this suit, seeking reinstatement and damages. This opinion is written in response to an order to show cause obtained by her to enforce her demand for a hearing. The facts as to this issue are not in dispute and the question of procedural rights may be decided as a matter of law. Judson v. Peoples, 17 N.J. 67 (1954).

Plaintiff,…