Legal Opinion
Ibrahim v. New York State Department of Health, Office of Health Systems Management
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1990No. 494, Docket 89-7454PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we consider whether appellant who passed an open competitive civil service examination, but did not receive an appointment in the grade to which he was thereby entitled, successfully proved a Title VII violation. Federal and state laws designed to eliminate the pernicious effects of the “spoils system” — a concept that U.S. Senator William L. Marcy found unobjectionable when he first coined the phrase in 1832 — have largely eradicated the notion that public office should be a reward for political work. We are faced instead with a more subtle form of…
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