Law

Lack of Evidence of Disruption to Campus Operations Meant That Public Employer's Interest Did Not Outweigh Employee's Free Speech Rights

Plaintiff Jason Jorjani appealed the order of the district court that granted summary judgment for defendant New Jersey Institute of Technology. Jorjani was a philosophy professor at NJIT. The school ...
NJ.com

N.J. professor who got fired for alt-right, Hitler speeches wins big court reversal

The New Jersey Institute of Technology violated the First Amendment when it fired a lecturer over his off-campus remarks about race, immigration and Adolf Hitler, a federal appeals has ruled. The ...
Courthouse News Service

Court allows far-right lecturer’s retaliation claims against New Jersey university to proceed

PHILADELPHIA (CN) — A New Jersey university must face trial for declining to review a lecturer’s contract after he made comments reportedly praising Adolf Hitler and white supremacy, an appeals court ...
JD Supra

Speech Beyond the Classroom: The Third Circuit’s Decision in Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology

Jorjani’s comments caused significant disruption to NJIT, which NJIT believed would expand, and the article revealed Jorjani’s associations with organizations that he had not disclosed. 4 Jorjani sued ...
JD Supra

Federal Appeals Court Rules Discharge of Teacher by Public University for Far-right Views Violates the First Amendment

Jason Jorjani, a lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (the “University”), was hired to teach philosophy in 2015. His one-year contract was renewed in 2016 and 2017. During this period, ...