FLANDERS v. WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE OF N.J.


163 N.J. Super. 225 (1976)

394 A.2d 855

CLIFFORD A. FLANDERS, COMPLAINANT-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MAY B. HOLLINSHEAD, COMPLAINANT-RESPONDENT, v. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Sherrie L. Gibble, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent-appellant William Paterson College of New Jersey (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Ms. Mary Catherine Cuff, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent-appellant College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Ms. Judith S. Musicant, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Division on Civil Rights (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Donald M. Altman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Raymond A. Noble, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief in the matter of May B. Hollinshead; Ms. Musicant, on the brief in the matter of Clifford A. Flanders).

The American Association of University Professors, N.J. Medical School-Dental School chapter (AAUP-CMDNJ); the American Association of University Professors, New Jersey State Conference (AAUP-N.J.); the American Civil Liberties Union, New Jersey chapter (ACLU-N.J.); the New Jersey Women's Equity Action League (N.J. WEAL); the National Organization for Women of New Jersey (NOW-N.J.); and the Association for Women in Science, Inc. (AWIS) filed a brief amici curiae in the matter of May B. Hollinshead; Ms. Phoebe Seham, attorney.

Before Judges FRITZ, SEIDMAN and MILMED.


The opinion of the court was delivered by MILMED, J.A.D.

These consolidated appeals involve claims of discrimination in violation of the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. In his complaint filed with the Division on Civil Rights (Division) in July 1972 Clifford A. Flanders, Ph.D., then 61 years old, alleged that he was not reappointed as Associate Professor of Chemistry and granted tenure at William Paterson College of New Jersey because...

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