(DOWNLOAD) "Matter Eugene C. Olsson v. Board Higher Education City New York Et Al." by Court of Appeals of New York # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Matter Eugene C. Olsson v. Board Higher Education City New York Et Al.
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 20, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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This case presents the novel questions of whether and under what circumstances a court may intervene in the decision of an educational institution to withhold a diploma from one of its students on academic grounds. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether an educational institution may be estopped from asserting that a student has not fulfilled the requirements for graduation where the students deficiency was caused in part by his reliance upon a professors misleading statement regarding the institutions grading criteria. Although we find that the facts and circumstances presented in this case did not warrant the extreme remedy of requiring the institution to award a diploma to one whom it deemed unqualified, we nevertheless refrain from holding that the principles of equitable estoppel may never be used to avoid the harsh effects of an arbitrary academic determination.