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Supplemental Authority Letter — NJ PBA v. Murphy — Children's Health Defense v. Rutgers

Filed February 14, 2022 in Childrens Health Defense v. Rutgers; one of 33 filings from this case.

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Filed2022-02-14

No. 3:21-cv-15333-ZNQ-TJB · Doc. 45 · 2022-02-14 · Docket on CourtListener

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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor 
New York, New York  10036 
+1 212 248 3140 main 
+1 212 248 3141 fax 
Jeffrey S. Jacobson 
Partner 
jeffrey.jacobson@faegredrinker.com 
212-248-3191 direct 
February 14, 2022 
BY ECF 
Hon. Zahid N. Quraishi, U.S.D.J. 
United States District Court 
for the District of New Jersey 
Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse 
402 East State Street 
Trenton, New Jersey 08608 
Re: 
Children’s Health Defense, Inc., et al. v. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, et al., 
No. 3:21-cv-15333 
Dear Judge Quraishi: 
On behalf of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”), as supplemental authority in 
support of Rutgers’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 39), I respectfully 
submit the attached published opinion of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, in 
New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Ass’n v. Murphy, Nos. 1525-21 & 1548-21 (Slip Op. Feb. 
11, 2022).  The Appellate Division upheld, against constitutional and other facial challenges, the 
Governor of New Jersey’s Executive Order No. 283, which mandated that all state corrections 
officers must present proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to retain their 
positions.  The portions of the opinion most relevant to Rutgers’ arguments are on the following 
pages of the slip opinion: 17-18 (discussing Jacobson v. Massachusetts), and 25-28 (discussing the 
rational basis for vaccination mandates and rejecting the plaintiffs’ constitutional arguments against 
imposition of the mandate). 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
Jeffrey S. Jacobson 
 
Attachment 
cc: 
All counsel of record (by ECF) 
 
Case 3:21-cv-15333-ZNQ-TJB   Document 45   Filed 02/14/22   Page 1 of 1 PageID: 762

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