Legal Opinion
Thompson v. City of Atlantic City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 16, 2007PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
At the time Lorenzo Langford became mayor of Atlantic City in 2002, he and a political ally, William Marsh, had a pending federal civil rights lawsuit against the City. Shortly after he assumed his post as mayor, Langford’s municipal appointees negotiated a settlement of the federal suit with Langford’s and Marsh’s private attorneys in the amount of $850,000. With the case settled, a federal judge entered an order of dismissal.
The State’s Office of Governmental Integrity (OGI) then sought to have the settlement rescinded in the Law Division because of various violations of the State’s…
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