A longtime Newark municipal court judge is suing the city, the mayor and her former supervisors, alleging she was removed from the bench based on fabricated allegations of drinking on the job.

The lawsuit by former Judge Vanessa Williams Powell was filed in Essex County Superior Court in July and on Aug. 10 removed by the defendants to U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey based on federal question jurisdiction.

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