Peter Casamasino, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, and Director, Division of Taxation and Hudson County…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division, holding that a municipal tax assessor cannot acquire tenure without the statutory reappointment process that requires both mayoral appointment and council advice and consent. The Court also limited the future application of the de facto officer doctrine to assessors whose original appointment complied with the advice‑and‑consent requirement and rejected any holdover tenure rights.