Publication Date: 2024-05-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Education Law
Industry: Education | State and Local Government
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Justice Peter H. Moulton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Melissa ColÓn-Bosolet, Eamon P. Joyce, Zachary J. Strongin, Karma O. Farra, Alyssa M. Hasbrouck, Ernesto R. Claeyssen of counsel), Sidley Austin LLP, District of Columbia (Carter G. Phillips of the bar of the district of Columbia, of counsel), Sidley Austin LLP, London, UK (Tanisha Singh of counsel), Peer Defense Project, New York (Sarah Medina Camiscoli of counsel), and Public Counsel, Los Angeles, CA (Mark D. Rosenbaum, Amanda Mangaser Savage, Kathryn Eidmann and Sarah Camiscoli of the bar of the State of the State of LA, California, of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, New York.
For State of New York, Governor of the State of New York, New York State Board of Regents, New York State Education Department and New York State Commissioner of Education, Respondents: Mark S. Grube and Ester Murdukhayeva of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York.
for defendant: For Bill DeBlasio, Mayor of New York City, New York City Department of Education and Meisha Porter, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Respondents: Philip Young, Richard Dearing and Devin Slack of counsel, Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel, New York.
For Parents Defending Education, Respondent: James F. Hasson, Taylor A.R. Meehan of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice and Thomas S. Vaseliou of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Dennis J. Saffran, Douglaston, NY, and Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA.
Case Number: 152743/21
Court Erred in Dismissing Suit Over Denial of Basic Education for Lack of Controversy