People ex rel. Williams v. Shanker

Petitioners, who are parents of children attending the public schools of the City of New York, instituted these proceedings in the Family Court, Queens County, alleging violations, of paragraphs a and b of subdivision 5 of section 3212 of article 65 of the Education Law of the State of New York, commonly referred to as the Compulsory Education Law.

A labor union, headed by the respondent, issued a strike call. The actions of the union membership pursuant thereto resulted, for all practical purposes, in the suspension of classroom instructions in the public schools for all but a small portion…