Aversa v. Finegan

This is an action brought to test the civil service status of social investigators employed by the emergency relief bureau. The plaintiff is one of those investigators. The action is brought against the members of the municipal civil service commission, the members of the board of the emergency relief bureau, and the commissioner of the department of public welfare. A declaratory judgment is sought defining the status of plaintiff and other investigators and their right to become part of the municipal civil service by taking a qualifying rather than a competitive examination. It is also…