Legal Opinion
Baker v. Poughkeepsie City School District
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 2012PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether persons who have testified in a Civil Service Law § 75 disciplinary hearing are required to disqualify themselves from subsequently acting upon any of the charges related to that hearing. We hold that, because the testimony of the testifying witnesses, concerning the charges levied pursuant to section 75, rendered them personally involved in the disciplinary process, disqualification is necessary.
*717In July 2007, pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, the Superintendent of Schools of the Poughkeepsie City School…
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