Guastoferri v. Board of Education

This taxpayer’s suit was tried upon the pleadings and a stipulation of facts dated November 9, 1943, as amended by a stipulation dated January 20, 1944. For some time prior to the commencement of the action certain elevators, in several schools maintained and controlled by the defendant, were operated by civil service employees. On June 24, 1942, however, the defendant, in formulating what is known as the “ twenty-four hour plan ” or “ modified indirect system ”, abolished the position of civil service elevator operator and transferred the operation of elevators in the schools under such plan…