Rothenberg v. Board of Regents of University of New York

Petitioner has been found guilty of undertaking to perform a criminal abortion on one Edna Aaron and of having actually performed such an operation on one Leona Lang.

The Aaron finding is based upon the testimony of Aaron and Bergh, both paid investigators of the Department of Education. . There is serious doubt whether under the so-called substantial evidence rule this testimony is sufficient to sustain the determination when considered against the background of the entire record. The evidence of these investigators at best is not of a highly satisfactory nature.

Several errors were committed…