MATTER OF UNIV. OF MED. & DENTISTRY OF N.J.


144 N.J. 511 (1996)

677 A.2d 721

IN THE MATTER OF UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY, (SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE), RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, AND COMMITTEE OF INTERNS AND RESIDENTS, CHARGING PARTY-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Suga, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Barbara A. Harned, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Carol G. Dunham, argued the cause for respondent (Reitman Parsonnet, attorneys; William J. Volonte, Carol G. Dunham, Bennet D. Zurofsky, on the brief).

Robert E. Anderson, General Counsel, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

In this appeal, we consider the interrelationship between the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 to -29, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's (UMDNJ) right to academic freedom. Specifically, we must determine whether UMDNJ, a public employer, violated the Act when it refused to allow an intern's union representative to be present at an investigatory interview...

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