![]() Plaintiffs in the case have been seeking an injunction ordering that Rider either continue operating Westminster Choir College on its Princeton campus as required under the 1991 agreement or make the college an independent institution again, supported by an independent foundation. “The court held that the students, faculty, and alumni are the intended beneficiaries of the 1991 agreement and have the right to go to court to prevent Rider from destroying or closing Westminster.” “The 1991 agreement provided that Rider must respect Westminster’s independent existence and its separate educational program and could not close Westminster except in extraordinary circumstances,” Afran said. The Appellate Division also held that the students, faculty, and alumni had the right to enforce the 1991 merger agreement that resulted in Rider University acquiring the famed music school.īruce Afran, the lawyer for the plaintiffs, told Planet Princeton Thursday that the agreement made when Rider University took over Westminster Choir College was intended to protect Westminster Choir College. The Appellate Division ruled that the allegations made by the plaintiffs satisfy the standard for pleading Rider has acted arbitrarily and in bad faith. ![]() ![]() Holding that the plaintiffs adequately pleaded “bad faith” and “arbitrariness” against Rider University for its attempts to monetize Westminster for Rider’s financial benefit, the three-judge appellate panel reversed Lougy’s dismissal. In a unanimous decision last week, the court ordered that the lawsuits brought by more than 70 faculty members, students, and alumni seeking to block the closing of Westminster Choir College be returned to the trial court. The New Jersey Appellate Division has reversed Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy’s dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to block Rider Unversity from closing and selling Westminster Choir College, the century-old music college in Princeton, and moving the choir college to the university’s Lawrenceville campus. ![]()
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