Henry v. Civil Service Commission, No. 411287 (Jul. 3, 2001)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

RE DEFENDANT CITY OF NEW HAVEN'S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (No. 112) AND

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (No. 115)

Laws, Ovid told us long ago, are made to prevent the strong from always having their way. Ovid. Fasti, bk. III, 1.279. One of the important devices that our society has developed to prevent the strong from always having their way is the law of civil service. Civil service laws, generated in this country a century ago to counteract the inefficiency and corruption that marred so…