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SLOCHOWER v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 23.

350 U.S. 551 (1956)

SLOCHOWER v. BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF NEW YORK CITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ephraim London argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Daniel T. Scannell argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Peter Campbell Brown, Seymour B. Quel and Helen R. Cassidy.

Osmond K. Fraenkel and Emanuel Redfield filed a brief for the New York Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal brings into question the constitutionality of § 903 of the Charter of the City of New York. That section provides that whenever an employee of the City utilizes the privilege against self-incrimination to avoid answering a question relating to his official conduct, "his term or tenure of office or employment shall terminate and such office or employment shall be vacant, and he shall not be eligible...

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