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THOMPSON v. CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY

921 A.2d 427 (2007)

190 N.J. 359

Tracy M. THOMPSON, Acting Director, Office of Government Integrity, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY, a Municipal Corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant, and Lorenzo Langford and William Marsh, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredric L. Bor argued the cause for appellants (Mr. Bor, attorney; Stephen G. Raymond, Mount Holly, on the brief).

Ronald A. Epstein, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

At the time Lorenzo Langford became mayor of Atlantic City in 2002, he and a political ally, William Marsh, had a pending federal civil rights lawsuit against the City. Shortly after he assumed his post as mayor, Langford's municipal appointees negotiated a settlement of the federal suit with Langford's and Marsh's private attorneys in the amount of $850,000. With the case settled, a federal judge entered an order...

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