The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday that an administrative law judge’s ruling on a state employee’s discipline must be given deference even if the Civil Service Commission can’t muster enough members to review the ruling within the statutory deadline.

In a unanimous ruling, the court upheld a six-month suspension handed down by an ALJ to a state Department of Community Affairs fire inspector who the court said was overheard using a discriminatory slur to describe a female supervisor.

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