MIDDLETOWN v. MIDDLETOWN PBA LOC. 124, 166 N.J. 112 (2000)

764 A.2d 940

TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLETOWN, Respondent-Appellant, v. MIDDLETOWN PBA LOCAL 124, Charging Party-Respondent.

A-57 September Term 1999Supreme Court of New Jersey.Argued September 11, 2000
Decided October 11, 2000

On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 334 N.J. Super. 512, 760 A.2d 326 (1999).

CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO and ZAZZALI join in this opinion. JUSTICE LAVECCHIA would have dismissed the petition for certification as improvidently granted.

Bernard M. Reilly argued the cause for appellant (Dowd Reilly, attorneys).

Fred M. Klatsky argued the cause for respondent (KlatskyKlatsky, attorneys; Michael A. Bukosky, on the brief).

Robert E. Anderson, General Counsel, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission.

PER CURIAM

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the Per Curiam opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 334 N.J. Super. 512, 760 A.2d 326 (1999).

For dismissal as improvidently granted-Justice LaVECCHIA-1.

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