Legal Opinion
Dequito v. New School for General Studies
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 2009PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Contrary to petitioner’s contention, the policy of expelling a student for plagiarizing at any stage of her Master’s thesis is not arbitrary, capricious or irrational. There is no indication that respondent’s determination was made in bad faith as the result of discrimination based on petitioner’s national origin. Since there is no issue of fact with respect to that issue, a hearing was not required (Matter of Feigman v Klepak, 62 AD2d 816, 819 [1978]; cf. CPLR 7804 [h]). Given that petitioner was repeatedly advised to remove the plagiarized portions of her thesis from her various drafts, we…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Feigman v. KlepakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Trahms v. Trustees of Columbia UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by7 opinions
- Matter of A.Z. v. City Univ. of N.Y., Hunter Coll.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
- Matter of A.Z. v. City Univ. of N.Y., Hunter Coll.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
- Idahosa v. Farmingdale State CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Idahosa v. Farmingdale State CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Katz v. New York UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.