Legal Opinion
Faculty of the City University of New York Law School at Queens College v. Murphy
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1988PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
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 does not seek to interject itself in basic judgments of academic competence, but must scrutinize the exercise of such judgments by those in academia to ascertain if…
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