Legal Opinion
Alicea v. New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 1, 1992PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
On this appeal we apply the principles declared in Welter v. Seton Hall University, 128 N.J. 279, 608 A.2d 206 (1992), decided this day, in which we hold that enforcement of an employment contract did not violate the First Amendment because the plaintiffs neither performed ministerial functions for defendant Seton Hall University nor could reasonably have contemplated that compliance with Roman Catholic Canon Law constituted an implied covenant of or condition precedent to the employment contract. In this case, after defendant New Brunswick…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
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