Legal Opinion
Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 1975PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoule, J.
The sole question presented on this appeal is whether section 1 of chapter 360 of the Laws of 1911, as amended, prohibits the establishment of a four-platoon system within the City of Buffalo Police Department.
Appellants are the City of Buffalo and the Police Commissioner. Respondents include the Buffalo Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and its president who brought the original proceeding as a class action on behalf of himself and all other Buffalo patrolmen.
The facts of this case are neither complicated nor in dispute. In 1911 the State Legislature enacted chapter 360 entitled "An act to…
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