Legal Opinion
Benson v. Trustees of Columbia University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 18, 1995PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about February 7, 1994, which denied petitioner’s application seeking an order remanding the vote of the dissertation committee to the Dean of Columbia University for a new determination by him, or in the alternative, ordering a second oral defense with a committee composed of five members, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge the respondent University’s determination that she had failed her final examination of its Doctoral…
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