Case Name: T. EDWARD HOLLANDER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. JOHN S. WATSON ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ARTHUR R. SYPEK, SR., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1980-04-21
Citations: 173 N.J. Super. 300
Docket Number: 
Parties: T. EDWARD HOLLANDER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. JOHN S. WATSON ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ARTHUR R. SYPEK, SR., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 300–302

Head Matter:
T. EDWARD HOLLANDER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. JOHN S. WATSON ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ARTHUR R. SYPEK, SR., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Argued March 31, 1980
Decided April 21, 1980.
Before Judges ALLCORN and MORGAN.
Paul D. McLemore, Assistant County Counsel, argued the cause for the appellants (Harvey L. Stern, Mercer County Counsel, attorney; William L. Boyan, Assistant County Counsel, of counsel).
Robert A. Fagella, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the respondents T. Edward Hollander and New Jersey Department of Higher Education (John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Robert A. Fagella on the brief).
Garrett M. Heher argued the cause for respondent Mercer County Community College (Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, attorneys; Garrett M. Heher and Charles F. Martinson on the brief).
Sterns, Herbert & Weinroth filed a brief on behalf of New Jersey Education Association and Mercer County Community College Faculty Association, amici curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the Chancery Division is affirmed essentially for the reasons expressed by Judge Greenberg reported at 167 N.J.Super. 588 (1979), and on the additional areas of incompati bility of the two offices existing under various statutes, including particularly N.J.S.A. 40:41A-37(b), N.J.S.A. 40A:9-23 and N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-9, which respectively require approval by the board of freeholders of the appointment of county community college trustees and delegates to the board of freeholders the power to remove them. Atlantic Commun. College v. Civil Service Comm'n, 59 N.J. 102 (1971); Mercer Commun. College v. Sypek, 160 N.J.Super. 452 (App.Div.1978), certif. den. 78 N.J. 327 (1978). See also, for example, N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-12(j), 19, and 24.
Affirmed.