November 16, 2023
A federal judge refused to overrule a New Jersey state university's objections to questions posed by an ex-professor's counsel during depositions in the former professor's political discrimination suit over his dismissal from the Garden State college, reasoning there was no clear error in the decision of a magistrate judge who sustained them.
March 16, 2023
A New Jersey state university can keep its defense counsel in a political discrimination fight with a former professor even though the firm hired a retired magistrate judge who oversaw the case, as the school successfully argued that the former judge has had nothing to do with the defense.
June 27, 2019
A former New Jersey Institute of Technology professor with "alt-right" views can pursue a claim that college administrators conspired to violate his civil rights and engineer his departure in retaliation for him making what the officials have called "repugnant" statements depicted in a New York Times piece, a federal judge has ruled.
March 13, 2019
A New Jersey federal judge has tossed an ex-New Jersey Institute of Technology professor's defamation claims against his former colleagues over their criticisms of his political views as "racist" and "repugnant" following their depiction in a New York Times opinion piece, finding certain statements were not made with actual malice.