Legal Opinion
Spatt v. State of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 25, 1973No. 72 Civ. 1120PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge.
On August 24, 1972, plaintiff, Chester Spatt, a resident of New York and a student at Princeton University, New Jersey, commenced this action by filing a pro se complaint requesting that a three-judge panel be convened, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284, to declare unconstitutional New York Education Law § 602(5) (b) (McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 16, 1972 Supp.). The latter statute restricts eligibility for payments of financial assistance pursuant to New York’s Regents Scholarship Program to those otherwise eligible students who are “matriculated in a program of study approved…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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