Legal Opinion
Bower v. Bd. of Educ. of East Orange
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 10, 1997PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 that indemnification is mandatory if the charges are dismissed or result in a favorable final disposition and if the “act or omission” on which the criminal…
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