Edde v. Columbia University

This is an application by the petitioner for an order directing Columbia University to reinstate him “asa certified candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York and to have him finally examined for that degree on the basis of his dissertation as it now stands ”. Petitioner seeks, in the alternative, an order transferring the proceeding to the Appellate Division for disposition.

For the purposes of this opinion it will be assumed that, in a proper case, a proceeding of this nature may be maintained against a private university, such as Columbia…