WILLIAMS v. RED BANK BD. OF ED.

Civ. A. No. 80-2176.

502 F.Supp. 1366 (1980)

Portia WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. The RED BANK BOARD OF EDUCATION, Joan D. Abrams, Individually and as Superintendent of the Red Bank School District, Catherine Cadman, Individually and in her official capacity, Richard T. Doherty, Individually and in his official capacity, Michael S. Ellegood, Individually and in his official capacity, Frances H. Kingle, Individually and in her official capacity, Ronald D. Sachs, Individually and in his official capacity, Marcelle Seruby, Individually and in her official capacity, Dorothy Setaro, Individually and in her official capacity, Stephen M. Popper, Individually and in his official capacity, Fred G. Burke, Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey, in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold M. Mellk, William A. Fead, Greenberg & Mellk, Trenton, N. J., for plaintiff.

Jaynee LaVecchia, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of N. J., Trenton, N. J., for defendants, Commissioner Burke.

William J. Prout, Jr., Lum, Biunno & Tompkins, Newark, N. J., for all other defendants with the exception of defendant, Seruby.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint in this action raises the question under what circumstances may a federal court enjoin pending state administrative proceedings. Specifically, it involves the issue whether the federal court may enjoin tenure termination proceedings presently before the Commissioner of Education where it is alleged that these proceedings were instituted as a direct reaction to plaintiff's exercise...

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