PAUL NORMAN BOWER AND WILLS O'NEILL & MELLK, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,
v.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF EAST ORANGE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
PAUL NORMAN BOWER, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,
v.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF EAST ORANGE, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 22, 1997.
Decided June 10, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant New Jersey State Board of Education (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Ms. Jacobson and Mary F. Rubinstein, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).
Ronald S. Sampson, Orange, argued the cause for appellant Board of Education of the City of East Orange (Love & Randall, attorneys).
Sanford Oxfeld, Newark, argued the cause for respondent Paul Norman Bower (Balk, Oxfeld, Mandell & Cohen, attorneys; Gail Oxfeld Kanef, on the brief).
Arnold M. Mellk, Princeton, argued the cause for respondents Paul Norman Bower and Wills, O'Neill & Mellk (Wills, O'Neill & Mellk, attorneys).
David W. Carroll, Lawrenceville, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, Montgomery Township Board of Education (Carroll & Weiss, attorneys).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.
This appeal concerns the right of Paul Bower1, a public school teacher indicted on various charges alleging that he sexually abused three of his pupils during the school day and on school premises, to indemnification from the East Orange Board of Education for his legal expenses after all charges against him were dismissed. The relevant statutes, N.J.S.A. 18A:16-6 and -6.1, provide...
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