MATTER OF SHLAKMAN v. BD. OF EDUC.


5 Misc.2d 901 (1957)

In the Matter of Vera Shlakman et al., Petitioners, v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

March 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel for petitioners.

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Michael A. Castaldi and William F. Hartnett, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.


WALTER R. HART, J.

The above-named petitioners, employees of respondent Board of Higher Education, appeared before the Internal Security Subcommittee of the United States Senate and when questioned concerning their then or prior membership in the Communist party refused to answer certain questions, asserting the privilege against self incrimination afforded them under the Fifth Amendment of the Federal Constitution...

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