>State Supreme Court to hear judge pension reform case Monday
A short-handed state Supreme Court will listen to arguments today over whether judges and even its own members must pay more toward their pensions.
Five jurists will hear the case, a judiciary spokeswoman said Friday, a bare minimum needed for a quorum for the seven-member panel.
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has announced he will recuse himself because he had lobbied Gov. Chris Christie’s administration over the matter. Former Justice Virginia Long retired earlier this month after reaching the mandatory retirement age. A seat remains vacant, and Appellate Judge Dorothea O’C. Wefing has been temporarily assigned to the high court. (Method, Gannett)
