New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Ass'n Local 42 v. New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Antell, J. A. D.

Plaintiff, as exclusive majority representative of policemen employed by the City of Linden, negotiated a collective bargaining agreement whereby Linden was to pay the premiums for medical-hospitalization insurance coverage for policemen retiring on or after January 1, 1975 provided they met certain conditions of eligibility. Such coverage was not made available to those policemen who, though otherwise eligible, retired before that date.

The benefits in question are provided under the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act, N. J.…