Legal Opinion
King v. American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 20, 1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gloria Goldstein, J.
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The plaintiff herein was expelled from the defendant American Academy of Dramatic Arts (hereinafter referred to as the "Academy”) after 5 weeks of a 28-week course. He now seeks to recover the money he paid for tuition and fees in this small claims action.
The primary question presented is whether a private school may retain all tuition payments of a student who was expelled by the said school prior to the completion of the student’s course. The answer, it would appear, rests upon whether the expulsion was justified. (See Kabus v Seftner, 34 Misc 538; *1112St…
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- Goldstein v. New York UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Nu Dimensions Figure Salons v. BecerraCivil Court of the City of New York · 1973
- Drucker v. New York UniversityAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1969
- Kabus v. SeftnerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1901
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- Odle v. City of DenisonTexas Supreme Court · 1992