MATTER OF HUGHES v. BD. OF HIGHER EDUC., CITY OF N. Y.


309 N.Y. 319 (1955)

In the Matter of Charles W. Hughes, Respondent, v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1955


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Daniel T. Scannell, Seymour B. Quel and Helen R. Cassidy of counsel), for appellant.

Osmond K. Fraenkel for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur; DYE and BURKE, JJ., taking no part.


DESMOND, J.

Petitioner, an associate professor at Hunter College, which is maintained by the City of New York, was in 1954 (with other faculty members whose cases are not before us on this appeal) brought to trial before a trial committee of appellant Board of Higher Education of the City of New York. The charges, omitting one on which he was not found guilty, were two. The first charge was that petitioner, from...

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