Case Name: In the Matter of Arthur M. Smerald, Appellant, v. Maureen Belanger et al., Constituting the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 12, Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1975-09-12
Citations: 37 N.Y.2d 800
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Arthur M. Smerald, Appellant, v Maureen Belanger et al., Constituting the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 12, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 800–800

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Arthur M. Smerald, Appellant, v Maureen Belanger et al., Constituting the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 12, Respondents.
Submitted September 2, 1975;
decided September 12, 1975

Opinion:
Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz: Whether petitioner was denied a fair hearing on the charge of repeated latenesses which resulted in his dismissal from his tenured teacher position (36 NY2d 875). The Court of Appeals considered this contention and held that petitioner's constitutional rights were not violated.