Schutt v. Norwich Central School District

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lee, Jr., J.), entered October 3, 1986 in Chenango County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review respondents’ determination dismissing him from the Norwich High School football team.

On September 11, 1986, petitioner, a senior at Norwich High School in Chenango County, was dismissed from the varsity football team for violating a provision of respondent Norwich Central School District’s athletic code of conduct prohibiting, inter alia, the use of tobacco. Specifically, petitioner was observed…