Legal Opinion
Weymouth Township Board of Education v. Wolf
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 26, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, J. S. C.
This is an action for defamation where defendants have moved for summary judgment. Raised by this motion is the question of whether or not a governmental entity may maintain an action for defamation in its own right. There do not appear to be any reported cases in New Jersey which have addressed the issue and the question has received limited attention nationally. For the reasons to be stated below, however, it is the opinion of this court that the question should be answered in the negative.
Plaintiff is a local board of education. Defendants include a taxpayers’ association…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- City of Chicago v. Tribune Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1923
- Board of Education v. New Jersey Education Ass'nSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- State v. Time, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- City of Albany v. MeyerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
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3Cited by2 opinions
- College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense BoardDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1996
- WEYMOUTH TP. BD. OF ED. v. WolfNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981