State Troopers Fraternal Assoc. of NJ, Inc. v. State

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this case, a group of former state troopers seeks to recover a retroactive pay adjustment under a collective-negotiations agreement that was reached with the State after the troopers had resigned in good standing. The agreement covered a period during which the troopers still had been employed. The former troopers claim that, because of an unwritten past practice of the State Police, the agreement provided for the retroactive pay adjustment, even to troopers who had resigned prior to the actual execution of the agreement. The State,…