State of New Jersey CHRIS CHRISTIE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Governor DEPARTMENT OR LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF LAW KIM GUADAGNO `L5 MARKET STREET Lt. Gouerr~or PO Box 093 TaENTON. NJ 08625-0093 ctohn et. HOFFMAN ActingAttor ney General eteffrey S. etacobson Director July 16, 2014 VIA HAND DELIVERY Mark Neary, Clerk of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of New Jersey 25 Market Street, P.O. Box 970 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0970 Re: Berg, et al. v. Governor Chris Christie, et al. Dear Mr. Neary: NJEA, et al. v. State of New Jersey, et al. Docket Nos. A-5973-11T1; A-6002-11T1 (consolidated) Attached please find an original and ten copies of a Notice of Cross-Petition for Certification submitted on behalf of Respondents Governor Christie et al. and the State of New Jersey et al. in the above-captioned consolidated cases. Please stamp one copy filed and return it to the messenger. Also enclosed are the original and one copy of the Certificate of Service. Sincerely yours, John J. Hoffman Acting Attorney General of New Jersey By ~ ~~"' P~ R ~~'1 Jean P. Reilly Assistant Attorney General HucxEs JusTicE Cotvirt,Ex TELErxotvE: (609) 633-1309 Fnx: (609) 341-5030 New Jersey Is Are Equal Opportunity Entiployer Printed on Recycled Paper aced Recyclable
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JOHN J. HOFFMAN ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY Attorney for Respondents/Petitioners State of New Jersey et al. and Governor Chris Christie et al. P.O. Box 093 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0093 By: Jean P. Reilly Assistant Attorney General (609) 633-1309 Jean.Reilly@dol.lps.state.nj.us Atty. I.D.# 021081997 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. A-5973-11T1 A-6002-11T1 (consolidated) BERG et al., Appellants-Respondents, v GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, et al., Respondents-Petitioners. Civil Action NOTICE OF CROSS-PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION NJEA et al., Appellants-Intervenors- Respondents u STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Respondents-Petitioners. 1
T0: MARK NEARY, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY 25 Market Street Trenton, NJ 08625-0970 JOSEPH ORLANDO, CLERK Appellate Division Superior Court of New Jersey 25 Market Street Trenton NJ 08625-0006 Daniel Louis Grossman, Esq. 11 Commerce Drive Cranford, New Jersey 07016 Kenneth I. Nowak, Esq. Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman 1 Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102 Steven P. Weissman, Esq. Ira W. Mintz, Esq. Weissman & Mintz, LLC 1 Executive Drive, Suite 200 Somerset, New Jersey 08873 Matthew D. Areman, Esq. Markowitz and Richman, Esgs. 121 South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 David I. Fox, Esq. Fox and Fox, LLP 70 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 James M. Mets, Esq. Kevin P. McGovern, Esq. Mets Schiro & McGovern, LLP 555 Highway 1 South, Suite 240 Iselin, New Jersey 08830
Arnold Shep Cohen, Esq. Oxfeld Cohen PC 60 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Stephen B. Hunter, Esq. Detzky & Hunter, LLC 33 North Bridge Street Somerville, New Jersey 08876 James Katz, Esq. Spear wilderman, P.C. 1040 North Kings Highway, Suite 202 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 Robert M. Schwartz, Esq. Monroe Office Center at Forsgate 12 Centre Drive Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831 Kevin Jarvis, Esq. O'Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, LLC 1526 Berlin Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 Maria M. Lepore, Esq. 920 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618 Paul E. Griggs, Esq. Lindabury, McCormack, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 53 Cardinal Drive P.O. Box 2369 Westfield, New Jersey 07091-2369 Charles Ouslander, Esq. 125 Broemel Place P.O. Box 39 Pennington, New Jersey 08534 3
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey (by Jean Reilly, Assistant Attorney General), on behalf of Respondents, Governor Christie, et al. and State of New Jersey, et al., shall cross-petition the Supreme Court of New Jersey for certification to review the following portion of the decision that the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, issued in the above-captioned consolidated cases on June 26, 2014: the court's determination that N.J.S.A. 43:3C-9.5(a)-(b) creates a contractual right to receipt of cost-of-living adjustments. JOHN J. HOFFMAN ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY By : ~~,,,, P. R Jean P. Reill Assistant Attorney General Dated: July 16, 2014 0
JOHN J. HOFFMAN ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY State of New Jersey et al. and Governor Chris Christie et al. R. J. Hughes Justice Complex P.O. Box 093 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0093 By: Jean Reilly Assistant Attorney General 609-633-1309 JEAN.REILLY@DOL.LPS.STATE.NJ.US BERG, ET AL. Appellants-Respondents, v. GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, et al., Respondents-Petitioners SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-5973-11T1 A-6002-11T1 (consolidated) Civil Action CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE NJEA et al., Appellants-Intervenors- Respondents v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Respondents-Petitioners. RUTH M. WELLS, pursuant to R. 1:4-4 (b) certifies: 1. I am a legal secretary in the Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety, State of New Jersey. 1
2. On July 16, 2014, at the direction of Jean Reilly, Assistant Attorney General, I delivered by hand an original and ten copies of the Notice of Cross-Petition for Certification submitted on behalf of Respondents Governor Christie et al. and the State of New Jersey et al. in the above consolidated cases along with my Certification of Service to: Mark Neary, Clerk Supreme Court of New Jersey 25 Market Street Trenton, New Jersey 08625 3. On July 16, 2014, at the direction of Jean Reilly, Assistant Attorney General, I delivered by hand two copies of the Notice of Cross-Petition for Certification submitted on behalf of Respondents Governor Christie et al. and the State of New Jersey et al. in the above consolidated cases along with my Certification of Service to: Joseph H. Orlando, Clerk Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division 25 W. Market Street Trenton, NJ 08625-0006 4. On July 16, 2014, at the direction of Jean Reilly, Assistant Attorney General, I delivered by overnight mail two copies of the Notice of Cross-Petition for Certification submitted on behalf of Respondents Governor Christie et al. and 2
the State of New Jersey et al. in the above consolidated cases along with my Certification of Service to: Daniel Louis Grossman, Esq. 11 Commerce Drive Cranford, NJ 07016 Daniel Louis Grossman, Esq. 11 Commerce Drive Cranford, New Jersey 07016 Kenneth I. Nowak, Esq. Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman 1 Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102 Steven P. Weissman, Esq. Ira W. Mintz, Esq. Weissman & Mintz, LLC 1 Executive Drive, Suite 200 Somerset, New Jersey 08873 Matthew D. Areman, Esq. Markowitz and Richman, Esqs. 121 South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 David I. Fox, Esq. Fox and Fox, LLP 70 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 James M. Mets, Esq. Kevin P. McGovern, Esq. Mets Schiro & McGovern, LLP 555 Highway 1 South, Suite 240 Iselin, New Jersey 08830 Arnold Shep Cohen, Esq. Oxfeld Cohen PC 60 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 3
Stephen B. Hunter, Esq. Detzky & Hunter, LLC 33 North Bridge Street Somerville, New Jersey 08876 James Katz, Esq. Spear Wilderman, P.C. 1040 North Kings Highway, Suite 202 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 Robert M. Schwartz, Esq. Monroe Office Center at Forsgate 12 Centre Drive Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831 Kevin Jarvis, Esq. O'Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, LLC 1526 Berlin Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 Maria M. Lepore, Esq. 920 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618 Paul E. Griggs, Esq. Lindabury, McCormack, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 53 Cardinal Drive P.O. Box 2369 Westfield, New Jersey 07091-2369 Charles Ouslander, Esq. 125 Broemel Place P.O. Box 39 Pennington, New Jersey 08534 5. I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment. By: Rut M. Wells Dated: July 16, 2014 4