Kraibuehler v. Civil Service Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

Prosecutors were employed in varying capacities in the Emergency Eelief Division, known also as the Division of Public Welfare, within the Department of Public Affairs of the City of Newark. It is conceded that the work in that division had diminished to the point where a decrease in the number of workers was justified for reasons of economy and that the city had the right to lay off its employees for reasons of economy.

On October 26th, 1943, the director of the Department of Public Affairs gave notice that a retrenchment in the expenses of the…