Meenagh v. Dewey

This is an application by fourteen former employees of the district attorney of New York county, directing him to reinstate them, with salary due each from the date of what is termed their wrongful removal and discharge. The positions of the petitioners “ were abolished because after a survey it was found that they were unnecessary and useless, and for reasons of economy.” These were the reasons given by the district attorney in a communication to the State Department of Civil Service on January 4, 1938. Of the petitioners, Kissane, Succarato, Meenagh, Friob, Coll and McDermott are World war…