256 N.J. Super. 286 - DelRossi v. DHS’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently October 2010
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Metromedia, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation · Henry v. Rahway State Prison · White v. Township of North Bergen · State, Dept. of Envir. Protection v. Stavola · De Marco v. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders of Bergen County
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Back pay, benefits and counsel fees may be awarded in disciplinary appeals and where a layoff action has been in bad faith. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.10. In all other appeals, such relief may be granted where the appointing authority has unreasonably failed or delayed to carry out an order of the Commissioner or Board or where the Board finds sufficient cause based on the particular case. [ N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5(b) (emphasis added).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“award back pay, benefits, seniority and reasonable attorney fees to an employee as provided by rule. " N.J.S.A. 11A:2-22 (emphasis added). No rule has been promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-4 to -7, limiting an award of attorney's fees for "sufficient cause”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in disciplinary proceedings the Board's role is clearly adjudicatory and the Board acts on a case by case basis”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.