SNITOW v. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY


103 N.J. 116 (1986)

510 A.2d 1118

DR. ANN BARR SNITOW, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Peirano, Jr. argued the cause for appellant (Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Edward F. Ryan of counsel; Linda B. Celauro on the brief).

Arnold Shep Cohen argued the cause for respondent (Oxfeld, Cohen & Blunda, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

The central issue in this appeal concerns the point at which a party may seek to be relieved of a contractual agreement to grieve a dispute over the terms and conditions of public employment and pursue a claim for relief in a court of law. The case arises in the context of a university professor challenging the legality and fairness of a tenure-retention decision. The teacher asserts that recourse to the grievance...

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