Button v. Rockefeller

In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks judgment restraining respondent Superintendent of the New York State .Police from appointing as State troopers four women whose grades on an open competitive examination were lower than his, and directing that appointments to existing vacancies be based solely on the scores achieved by peti- . tioner and others similarly situated on such examination.

On January 22, 1973, the Division of State Police announced that a competitive examination would be conducted on March 17, 1973 for candidates for appointment to the position of trooper. The…