Case Name: In re FISCHER. In the matter of the application of Louis Fischer for writ of mandamus against the faculty of the New York University
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-03-06
Citations: 146 N.Y.S. 1090
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re FISCHER. In the matter of the application of Louis Fischer for writ of mandamus against the faculty of the New York University.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 146
Pages: 1090–1091

Head Matter:
In re FISCHER. In the matter of the application of Louis Fischer for writ of mandamus against the faculty of the New York University.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
March 6, 1914.)

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Motion for mandamus denied, without costs, on the ground that the faculty of the New York University, in passing on the qualifications of' the petitioner, acts as a quasi judicial body, whose determination cannot be reversed by mandamus (People ex rel. Jones v. N. Y. HomeopatMe Medical College and Hospital, 20 N. Y. Supp. 379); also in that this court has original jurisdiction to grant the writ of mandamus only to a judge or judges (section 2069, Code Civ. Proc); and, further, that the remedy by alternative writ of mandamus has been passed upon by the Special Term, and denied by order of Mr. Justice Blackmar, February, 26, 1914. See, also, 146 N. Y. Supp. 1091.