Gollin v. Watson

Petitioner seeks an order setting aside a failing grade given to him by the civil service commission upon the oral portion of the promotion examination for the position of housing manager in the New York City housing authority. Further petitioner asks the court to rerate petitioner’s answers in that oral test and to give him a passing mark thereon or, in the alternative, to direct the giving of a new oral test.

In 1946, petitioner had been appointed an assistant housing manager in the New York City housing authority after having successfully passed a competitive promotion examination for that…