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The school board of Piscataway, New Jersey needed to eliminate a teaching position from the high school's Business Education department. Under New Jersey state law, tenured teachers have to be laid off in reverse order of seniority.
Aug 8, 1996 · Case opinion for US 3rd Circuit TAXMAN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
Taxman v. Board of Education. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 91 F.3d 1547 (1996) Written by Jenny Perry, JD. Facts. Sharon Taxman (plaintiff) and Debra Williams were the only teachers in the business department at Piscataway High School.
Case Summary. The school board of Piscataway, New Jersey needed to eliminate a teaching position. Under New Jersey state law, tenured teachers have to be laid off in reverse order of seniority.
In May i989, the Board of Education of Piscataway ("Board") de- cided to lay off a teacher in the Business Department of the high school.9 State law required that schools lay off teachers on the basis of seniority, and gave the Board discretion only in the case of a tie in.
That court had ruled, en banc, that the school board in Piscataway, New Jersey violated Title VII when it chose to lay off Sharon Taxman, a teacher at Piscataway High School, rather than Debra Williams, her colleague. Taxman quickly became the most anticipated decision of the Term.
In this Title VII matter, we must determine whether the Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway violated that statute when it made race a factor in selecting which of two equally qualified employees to lay off.
