ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC., NEW JERSEY CHAPTER et al v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

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Case Number:

2:14-cv-05445

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Other

Judge:

Susan D. Wigenton

Firms

  1. June 19, 2017

    Jersey City Tax-Abated Projects' Labor Rules Tossed

    A New Jersey federal judge has tossed Jersey City’s labor agreement requirements for tax-abated private building projects, writing that the rules are void for interfering with federal labor law.

  2. August 04, 2015

    Jersey City's Labor Rules For Tax-Abated Projects Survive

    A New Jersey federal judge on Monday booted a contractor advocacy group's suit challenging labor agreement requirements that Jersey City hitched to its tax abatements for private building projects, finding that the group's federal preemption and constitutional claims couldn't shake the city's law.

  3. September 02, 2014

    Jersey City Labor Reg Harms Nonunion Contractors, Suit Says

    A New Jersey contractor advocacy group sued Jersey City in federal court Friday over an ordinance requiring project labor agreements on private construction projects, claiming it puts nonunion contractors at a disadvantage and unfairly penalizes them by withholding tax abatement if they don't comply.