Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Pace University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 5, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Pace University, dated March 10, 1999, which dismissed the petitioner for academic deficiency, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered February 14, 2000, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
“Strong policy considerations militate against the intervention of courts in controversies relating to an educational institution’s judgment of a student’s academic performance”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Susan M. v. New York Law SchoolNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Auguste v. New York Hospital Medical Center of QueensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Williams v. State University of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Ratigan v. Daemen CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rizvi v. New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Matter of Kharouba v. New York Coll. of Ostheopatic Medicine ("NYCOM") of N.Y. Inst. of Tech. ("NYIT")Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016