LAVIN v. HACKENSACK BD. OF ED.


90 N.J. 145 (1982)

447 A.2d 516

MARJORIE A. LAVIN, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Bucceri argued the cause for appellant (Bucceri & Pincus, attorneys; Louis P. Bucceri and Gerald M. Goldberg, of counsel; Louis P. Bucceri and Gregory T. Syrek, on the briefs).

E. Gerard McGovern argued the cause for respondent.

Jaynee LaVecchia, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State Board of Education (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, former Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Paula A. Mullaly, Associate Counsel, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey School Boards Association (Christine D. Weger, General Counsel, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by SCHREIBER, J.

This case involves the retroactivity of a school teacher's claim for employment credit for military service rendered long before the teacher's employment began.

Petitioner, Marjorie A. Lavin, served in the Armed Forces between January 2, 1943 and October 20, 1945. Twenty-three years later she was hired as a teacher by the Hackensack Board of Education. Because of her military service, she was at that...

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