FACULTY CITY UNIV v. MURPHY


140 Misc.2d 525 (1988)

Faculty of the City University of New York Law School at Queens College et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joseph S. Murphy, as Chancellor of the City University of New York, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

May 20, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaplan Russin Vecchi Kirkwood & Peroff (Jeffrey E. Glen of counsel), for plaintiffs. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Jeffrey I. Slonim and Anne B. Ehrenkranz of counsel), for defendant.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

The issue to be determined in this case is the extent to which the chancellor of the City University of New York has the discretion to disapprove recommendations for tenure previously made by faculty committees on the basis of approved criteria when the law vests the power to grant tenure pursuant to such criteria exclusively with the Board of Trustees of the City University. This court...

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