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MATTER OF BOWMAN v. BD. OF EDUC. OF THE LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCH. DIST. NO. 15

51 A.D.2d 544 (1976)

In the Matter of Percy C. Bowman, Petitioner, v. Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 19, 1976

Determination modified, on the law, by reducing the penalty to a fine of $4,000. As so modified, determination confirmed, without costs.

The findings of respondent are supported by substantial evidence. However, we hold that the punishment of dismissal was so disproportionate to the offense, in light of all the circumstances, as to be shocking to one's sense of fairness (Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School...

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