Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in annulling the action of the Board of Education of the City of Jamestown and in granting the relief requested by the petitioner in this CPLR article 78 proceeding.
A public employer of persons holding competitive civil service positions may, in the absence of bad faith, fraud, or *897collusion, abolish such positions in the interests of economy and efficiency (see, Matter of Saur v Director of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, 41 NY2d 1023, 1024; Matter of Piekielniak v Axelrod, 92 AD2d…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Young v. Board of Education of Central School District No. 6New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Piekielniak v. AxelrodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Crow v. AmbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Currier v. Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Bouton v. New York State Department of Civil ServiceNew York Supreme Court · 1981
3Cited by3 opinions
- Arnold v. Erie County Medical Center Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Romero v. JosephAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Mitchell v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996