Cariello v. City of New York

Plaintiffs were Justices of the Municipal Court of the City of New York during all or part of the period 1933-1946. They bring this action to recover the difference between what they were paid by defendant city and $12,000 per year. There are two actions, some of the Justices being plaintiffs in one action, some in the other, but both actions are the same and will be considered as one.

However, the positions of all the plaintiffs are not identical. Some were in office prior to 1933; some were not. Some were in office on April 29, 1955; some were not. The significance of the latter date is that…