LUKAS v. STATE, DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES


103 N.J. 126 (1986)

510 A.2d 1123

BARBARA LUKAS, ALFRED PIERCE, HERBERT GAISS, AUDREY WILLIAMS AND OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, RESPONDENTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, NEW LISBON STATE SCHOOL, WOODBRIDGE STATE SCHOOL, MARLBORO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AND GREYSTONE PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, PETITIONERS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina A. Murray, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellant (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, atty.; Deborah T. Poritz, Deputy Atty. Gen., of counsel).

Bennet D. Zurofsky, for respondents (Reitman, Parsonnet, Maisel & Duggan, attorneys; Bennet D. Zurofsky and Sidney Reitman, on brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

At issue is whether teachers in State non-correctional human-services facilities are eligible to acquire tenure under N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-11 of the State Facilities Education Act of 1979 The Appellate Division held that they were. We disagree.

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Respondents, Barbara Lukas, Alfred Pierce, Herbert Gaiss, and Audrey Williams, were employed in teaching or supervisory positions at New Lisbon School...

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