Supreme Court of New Jersey

In the Matter of Peter J. Coruzzi, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey

March 20, 198495 N.J. 557

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld the statutory amendment allowing indefinite withholding of a judge's salary during removal proceedings and ordered the removal of Judge Peter J. Coruzzi from office, finding his bribery conviction conclusive and the amendment constitutional as neither an ex post facto law nor a bill of attainder.