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Kay v. Board of Higher Education
CourtSupreme Court of New York, New York County
Full case nameIn the Matter of the Application of Jean Kay, Petitioner, v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York
DecidedMarch 30, 1940
Citation(s)1193 Misc. 943 18 N.Y.S. (2d) 821 (1940)
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingJohn E. McGeehan
Bertrand Russell

The Bertrand Russell Case, known officially as Kay v. Board of Higher Education, was a case concerning the appointment of Bertrand Russell as Professor of Philosophy of the College of the City of New York, as well as a collection of articles on the aforementioned case, edited by John Dewey and Horace M. Kallen.

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