Chasin v. Montclair State University

I find it unusual that the Court should strain so hard to deny legal representation to a professor at one of our State universities in connection with a student’s claim against her. I have a sense that there is implicit in the Court’s decision a determination that it was an unpatriotic act not to award the requested grade to a veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. At first glance, the teacher’s position does appear to conflict with the 1991 Desert Storm Law, L. 1991, c. 167. On closer analysis, as the Appellate Division found, she should be given a hearing to explain her position. The record,…