Legal Opinion
Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1986No. 84-1803PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan
in which Justice Marshat,t,, Justice Blackmun, and Justice Powell join.
The question presented by this appeal is whether a preference in civil service employment opportunities offered by the State of New York solely to resident veterans who lived in the State at the time they entered military service violates the constitutional rights of resident veterans who lived outside the State when they entered military service.
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The State of New York, through its Constitution, N. Y. Const., Art. V, §6, and its Civil Service Law, N. Y. Civ. Serv. Law §85 (McKinney 1983 and Supp. 1986), grants a civil…
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