New Jersey Civil Service Ass'n v. State

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

SCHREIBER, J.

At issue in this case is whether state employees who formerly functioned as hearing officers in the Division of Motor Vehicles are entitled to appointment as administrative law judges under the act creating the Office of Administrative Law, N.J.S.A. 52:14F-1 et seq. Appellants are certain individuals, who before the implementation of N.J.S.A. 52:14F-1 et seq. were hearing officers in the Division of Motor Vehicles, and the New Jersey Civil Service Association and the New Jersey State Employees Association who brought this action on behalf…