Council v. Donovan

Petitioner in this article 78 proceeding challenges his dismissal as a substitute teacher and the cancellation of his substitute license, and seeks an order directing his reinstatement to the teaching position he formerly held and also reinstatement of his license.

Petitioner, an honorably discharged war veteran, was employed in October, 1962 at Junior High School 44, Borough of Manhattan, as a per diem substitute teacher of mathematics under a substitute license duly issued to him by the Superintendent of Schools. While thus employed, he refused to participate in school shelter drills. The…