Stephen B. Wiley

==Legal career and civic involvement==

==Legal career and civic involvement==

Wiley worked as legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/03/nyregion/vote-tomorrow-will-determine-kean-opponent.html |title=Vote Tomorrow Will Determine Kean Opponent - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1985-06-03 |accessdate=2020-01-21}} In 1962, when Meyner left office, he and Wiley formed the law firm of Meyner and Wiley.https://newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/n-j-supreme-court-the-byrne-court/

Wiley worked as legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/03/nyregion/vote-tomorrow-will-determine-kean-opponent.html |title=Vote Tomorrow Will Determine Kean Opponent - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1985-06-03 |accessdate=2020-01-21}} In 1962, when Meyner left office, he and Wiley formed the law firm of Meyner and Wiley.{{Cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/n-j-supreme-court-the-byrne-court/|title=N.J. Supreme Court: The Byrne Court|first=David|last=Wildstein|date=June 8, 2020|website=New Jersey Globe}}

In the early 1970s, Wiley led a legal battle to stop Morris Township from building its own high school. Wiley was concerned that separate high schools in Morris Township and Morristown would create a system of ''de facto'' segregation, "[hastening] white flight from Morristown [and] dooming it to the same turmoil afflicting New Jersey’s urban centers." Wiley believed that "having 'a minority center and a white ring around it is nothing but a guarantee of an explosion...'" The court battle went all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court, and resulted in the formation of a regional school district serving Morristown, Morris Township and (for high school) Morris Plains.{{cite web |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2015/10/12/remembering-steve-wiley-morristowns-man-for-all-seasons/ |title=Remembering Steve Wiley, Morristown's man for all seasons |work=MorristownGreen.com |last=Coughlin|first=Kevin |date=October 12, 2015 |accessdate=March 8, 2018}}

In the early 1970s, Wiley led a legal battle to stop Morris Township from building its own high school. Wiley was concerned that separate high schools in Morris Township and Morristown would create a system of ''de facto'' segregation, "[hastening] white flight from Morristown [and] dooming it to the same turmoil afflicting New Jersey’s urban centers." Wiley believed that "having 'a minority center and a white ring around it is nothing but a guarantee of an explosion...'" The court battle went all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court, and resulted in the formation of a regional school district serving Morristown, Morris Township and (for high school) Morris Plains.{{cite web |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2015/10/12/remembering-steve-wiley-morristowns-man-for-all-seasons/ |title=Remembering Steve Wiley, Morristown's man for all seasons |work=MorristownGreen.com |last=Coughlin|first=Kevin |date=October 12, 2015 |accessdate=March 8, 2018}}