New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division February 26, 1981 (Weymouth Township Board of Education v. Wolf)

GIBSON, J. S. C.

This is an action for defamation where defendants have moved for summary judgment. Raised by this motion is the question of whether or not a governmental entity may maintain an action for defamation in its own right. There do not appear to be any reported cases in New Jersey which have addressed the issue and the question has received limited attention nationally.