Legal Opinion
Dougherty v. Makowski
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 5, 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoule, J.
The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the elimination of 52 patrolman positions, recommended by respondents as part of an over-all budgetary work force reduction, was a legitimate “good faith” abolition of these positions and, as such, was not a deliberate circumvention of a prior judgment entered at Special Term and affirmed by this court.
Petitioner is a Buffalo police cadet who brought the original action on behalf of himself and all other cadets similarly situated. Respondents include the Mayor of the City of Buffalo, the Commissioner of Police and the Commissioner of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Schmidt v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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