Ward v. Nyquist

Cooke, J. (dissenting).

I dissent for the reasons stated by *64Mr. Justice Greenblott in his dissent in the Appellate Division (55 AD2d 751, 752) and in my dissent in Matter of Chauvel v Nyquist (43 NY2d 48, decided herewith), with the following additional comments (see, also, Matter of Lynch v Nyquist, 41 AD2d 363, affd 34 NY2d 588).

The facts of this case are quite similar to those in Matter of Steele v Board of Educ. (53 AD2d 674, affd 42 NY2d 840). There, as here, the petitioner was a teacher certified to teach one foreign language and had the least seniority in that subject when the board…