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hksunshine
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This may be a constitutional case but it pertains to a parking violation
First the facts:
In September, while visiting my daugther at her school, one of the State Universities of New York, I received a parking ticket. In accord with school policy I appealed the ticket and subsequently won my appeal so that is not at issue.
In the interim they contacted our daugther who is not in any way connected to this incident or vehicle (which is registered to my wife) and told her that until the ticket was paid they would not allow her to register and she may lose her on campus parking privledges.
I did not, and do not think this is proper, she is not liable for our infractions (even if we were guilty) and I strongly objected to these bullying tactics. My thought was if someone in her family committed this infractin she cannot be held liable as she is in no way culpable.
Their contention is that they have the right to develop their own parking rules which they did allowing them to hold students liable for the parking violation of a fmaily member. This just doesn't sit well with us. As a consumer advocate I feel it is my duty to fight this.
Now here's the question. I know that rules made contrary to law are not legal but I'm not sure on what law to base my argument. I remember the one thing my professor in the one law degree told us to remember and that is prudence if the law is not prudent it can't be legal. But I cannot find an appropriate law to quote in my correspondence.
Is this situation covered in NYS statue or Contstituional law or am I wrong on this? If it is please advise what state, contstuional, or case law I can refer to.
First the facts:
In September, while visiting my daugther at her school, one of the State Universities of New York, I received a parking ticket. In accord with school policy I appealed the ticket and subsequently won my appeal so that is not at issue.
In the interim they contacted our daugther who is not in any way connected to this incident or vehicle (which is registered to my wife) and told her that until the ticket was paid they would not allow her to register and she may lose her on campus parking privledges.
I did not, and do not think this is proper, she is not liable for our infractions (even if we were guilty) and I strongly objected to these bullying tactics. My thought was if someone in her family committed this infractin she cannot be held liable as she is in no way culpable.
Their contention is that they have the right to develop their own parking rules which they did allowing them to hold students liable for the parking violation of a fmaily member. This just doesn't sit well with us. As a consumer advocate I feel it is my duty to fight this.
Now here's the question. I know that rules made contrary to law are not legal but I'm not sure on what law to base my argument. I remember the one thing my professor in the one law degree told us to remember and that is prudence if the law is not prudent it can't be legal. But I cannot find an appropriate law to quote in my correspondence.
Is this situation covered in NYS statue or Contstituional law or am I wrong on this? If it is please advise what state, contstuional, or case law I can refer to.