Nelson v. Board of Examiners

The respondent Board of Examiners of the Board of Education of the City of New York appeals, pursuant to leave granted by this court, from an order of the Appellate Division, Second Department, which unanimously affirmed a judgment of Supreme Court, Kings County, adjudging that failure ratings given the petitioners in interview tests in an examination for licenses as elementary school principals be cancelled and directing the respondent to conduct new interview tests for the petitioners.

The 17 petitioners in this proceeding were candidates in an examination conducted by the respondent Board…