Legal Opinion
Annick M. Berns v. Civil Service Commission, City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1976No. 854, Docket 75-6121PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The Civil Service Commission of the City of New York (CSC) has brought this appeal from a judgment of the Southern District, entered on October 21, 1975, that declared illegal the termination of Annick M. Berns as a police administrative aide and permanently enjoined the CSC from terminating Berns for failure to meet educational requirements. We find that although the procedure through which Berns was terminated violated her due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, the district court exceeded its jurisdiction in fashioning a remedy. We therefore affirm the…
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