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Matter of Healy v. Larsson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 7, 1974
318 N.E.2d 608 (N.Y. 1974)

Opinion

Argued September 13, 1974

Decided October 7, 1974

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, JOHN J. O'BRIEN, J.

Joseph J. Buchyn for appellants.

David A. Weiss and Nicholas J. Grasso for respondent.


Order affirmed, without costs, on the ground that the record did not sufficiently present any issue of fact or provide a basis for this court to reach the serious questions of law and policy involved in a judicial awarding of an academic degree.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN, STEVENS and WITMER.

Designated pursuant to section 2 of article VI of the State Constitution.


Summaries of

Matter of Healy v. Larsson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 7, 1974
318 N.E.2d 608 (N.Y. 1974)
Case details for

Matter of Healy v. Larsson

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of RICHARD C. HEALY, Respondent, v. ROBERT D. LARSSON, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 7, 1974

Citations

318 N.E.2d 608 (N.Y. 1974)
318 N.E.2d 608
360 N.Y.S.2d 419

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