Lombardo v. Board of Higher Education

This is a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, brought by two associate professors at Queens College for an order annulling determinations made by the Board of Higher Education, herein called the respondent, which, in ultimate, refused petitioners promotion to the rank of professor at the college. Petitioners are Roman Catholics, and they allege that they have been denied such promotion, not because of any lack of quality or promise in their records, but solely because of anti-Catholic bias held by college personnel having the power to recommend and make promotions; and that…