Case Name: In the Matter of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3 of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, et al., Appellants, against James E. Allen, Jr., as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-05-29
Citations: 6 N.Y.2d 871
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3 of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, et al., Appellants, against James E. Allen, Jr., as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 871–877

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3 of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, et al., Appellants, against James E. Allen, Jr., as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Respondent.
Argued March 13, 1959;
decided May 29, 1959.
Henry Root Stern, Jr., and George C. Pratt for appellants.
Charles A. Brind, Jr., John P. Jehu, Elisabeth M. Eastman and George B. Farrington for respondent.
Newton Millham for Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 4 of Town of Oyster Bay, amicus curies.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs.
Concur: Chief Judge Conway and Judges Desmond, Dye, Ftjld and Burke. Judge Froessel dissents in the following opinion in which Judge Van Voorhis concurs.