Fields v. Board of Higher Educ. of City of New York

Decision Date09 October 1984
Parties, 472 N.E.2d 43, 21 Ed. Law Rep. 982 Jules M. FIELDS, Respondent, v. The BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF the CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the affirmative for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Fritz W. Alexander at the Appellate Division (94 A.D.2d 202, 463 N.Y.S.2d 785).

COOKE, C.J., and JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE, JJ., concur.

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