Legal Opinion
Donohue v. Cornelius
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 30, 1964PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in an article 78 CPLR proceeding which sought, among other things, to annul (1) article 10 of the Regulations of the New York State Police, governing promotions to competitive positions and the competitive examinations therefor and (2) a promotion examination announcement, dated October 21, 1963; on the grounds that each is violative of the constitutional requirement of “ examination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive” (N. Y. Const., ar.t. V, § 6) and that neither conforms to the judicial tests and standards applicable to civil…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of Fink v. FineganNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- De Luca v. GaffneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Donohue v. CorneliusNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Donohue v. CorneliusNew York Supreme Court · 1963
3Cited by2 opinions
- Kirkland v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- 23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1217, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,189 Edward L. Kirkland and Nathaniel Hayes, Each Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The New York State Department of Correctional Services Russell Oswald, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services the New York State Civil Service Commission Ersa Poston, Individually and in Her Capacity as President of the New York State Civil Service Commission and Civil Service Commissioner Michael N. Scelsi and Charles F. Stockmeister, Each Individually and in His Capacity as Civil Service Commissioner, and Dennis Fitzpatrick, Frank McDonnell Bruce Farrell, Thomas Farron, Vincent Digiorgio, Robert Vercile Rose, Raymond E. Friss, and Bruce Meservey, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980