Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Goldenkoff v. Albany Law School

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 16, 1921PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Albany Law School, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 23d day of May, 1921, granting petitioner’s motion for an alternative writ of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

H. T. Kellogg, J.:

This is an appeal from an order directing the issuance of a writ of alternative mandamus. The applicant was a member of the senior class of the Albany Law School, and was expelled therefrom on the 27th day of April, 1920. The writ, directed to the Albany Law School, commands it to reinstate the applicant, to furnish him with instruction, to permit him to take examination tests for graduation, and, if he passes the same, to grant him a diploma, or to make return showing cause why these things should not be done. The proceedings were instituted by an order to show cause based…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Cecil v. Bellevue Hospital Medical CollegeNew York Supreme Court · 1891
  2. People ex rel. O'Sullivan v. New York Law SchoolNew York Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Carr v. St. John's UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
  2. State Division of Human Rights v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  3. Schuyler v. State UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
  4. Edde v. Columbia UniversityNew York Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Sofair v. State University of New York Upstate Medical Center College of MedicineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976

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