Legal Opinion
Eisberg v. Mayor & Council of Cliffside Park
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 19, 1919PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of idle court was delivered by
Minturn, J.
The writ of certiorari in this ease was sued out for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings of the borough council in dismissing the prosecutor from the police force, for general disobedience and insubordination and inefficiency, the details of which were alleged in certain charges preferred against him in a written complaint.
He was entitled under the express language of the act of 1917, chapter 152, to “a fair trial” upon the charges preferred against him. Tie was convicted by a vote of four to two of the council. Of those voting in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Streeter v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Pinkerman v. RuslingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1 Camden v. City of Camden Police DepartmentNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2003