Besler v. Board of Education of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, A-81 September Term 2008; Supreme Court; opinion by Albin, J.; partial dissent by Rivera-Soto, J.; decided May 17, 2010. On certification to the Appellate Division. [Sat below: Judges Cuff, Lisa and Simonelli in the Appellate Division; Judge Sapp-Peterson in the Law Division.] DDS No. 16-1-7897 [90 pp.]
During the public-comment period of a meeting of the Board of Education of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, the board president, Dr. Lester Bynum, denied plaintiff Philip Besler the opportunity to complete a statement critical of both board policy and a high school coach he believed had verbally abused student-athletes, including his daughter.
