DIXON v. RUTGERS


215 N.J. Super. 333 (1987)

521 A.2d 1315

RUTH F. DIXON, RESPONDENT, v. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY; EDWARD J. BLOUSTEIN, PRESIDENT; RUSSELL J. FAIRBANKS, PROVOST; WALTER J. GORDON, DEAN, APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aron M. Schwartz argued the cause for appellant (Vogel, Chait, Kimmel, Schwartz & Collins, Aron M. Schwartz on the brief).

Nancy Kaplen Miller, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney, Andrea Silkowitz, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Nancy Kaplen Miller on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, GAYNOR and SCALERA.


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

This interlocutory appeal presents the novel question of whether an academic freedom privilege should be formulated to protect the confidentiality of material contained in promotion packets of members of the faculty of Rutgers, The State University.

By leave granted, Rutgers appeals from the denial of its motion to preclude the use of such material in an administrative proceeding wherein the Division...

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