Legal Opinion
Williams v. State University of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 15, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to compel the respondent State University of New York — Health Science Center at Brooklyn to reinstate the petitioner as a student at the College of Medicine, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Golden, J.), dated June 13, 1997, which denied the petition.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Judicial review of the determinations of educational institutions regarding the academic performance of students is limited to the question of “whether the challenged determination was arbitrary and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Olsson v. Board of Higher EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Susan M. v. New York Law SchoolNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Rafman v. Brooklyn College of City University of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Esmail v. State University of New York Health Science Center At BrooklynAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Jeudy v. City CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gilbert v. State University of New York At Stony BrookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Cunningham v. Pace UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Matter of Daniel v. Brooklyn Law Sch.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Matter of Kharouba v. New York Coll. of Ostheopatic Medicine ("NYCOM") of N.Y. Inst. of Tech. ("NYIT")Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016