Communications Workers of America, Afl-Cio, and Robert W. Pursell, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Jim Florio

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the mandatory layoff provisions of Senate Bill 996 and the corresponding mandatory language in the 1993 Appropriations Act violate the separation‑of‑powers clause of the State Constitution, rendering them void, while affirming the constitutionality of the Act’s discretionary guidance provisions.