Legal Opinion
Stillman v. School District & Board of Education of Rockville Centre
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1969PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph Liff, J.
Petitioners, a father and his daughter Diane, seek a judgment directing either Union Free School District No. 18 (Garden City) or Union Free School District No. 21 (Rockville Centre), both in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, to admit Diane, a young lady of 18 years, as a student. The petition herein identifies the school districts by their geographical locations rather than by district numbers and we will adopt the same method for the sake of clarity.
Diane Stillman asserts that since April of this year she has been a resident of Garden City; that she has but one year left in high school;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cohen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1934
- Leeds v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1959
- Horowitz v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- Drayton v. BaronNew York Supreme Court · 1967
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Backstatter v. BackstatterNew York Supreme Court · 1971
- Lowry v. Brockport Central School DistrictNew York Supreme Court · 1976
- Shapiro v. McAndrewsNew York Supreme Court · 1975