Dixon v. Laguardia

Petitioner is an assistant clerk of the Municipal Court of the city of New York. His salary had been duly fixed at the rate of $4,000 per annum from and after July 1, 1937. On October 6, 1937, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted, as the tentative budget for the year 1938, the executive budget which had been submitted by the Mayor. That budget showed in detail the items allowed to the Municipal Court. Public hearings were held on October 13 and October 14. At the hearing on October 13 a representative of clerks and deputy and assistant clerks of the Municipal Court requested that…