Legal Opinion
Corwin v. Farrell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1951PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
The basic question in this article 78 proceeding is whether respondents, the New York City Housing Authority and the members thereof, acted legally in dismissing the seven appellants from their civil service positions as title examiners, after the Authority had entered into contracts with a private abstract company to perform title examination work.
Appellants, as a result of open competitive civil service examinations, were duly appointed as permanent title examiners, grade 2, by the Authority at various times from 1943 to 1947. They sought in this proceeding an order directing in substance:…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Matter of Andresen v. RiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Ottinger v. State Civil Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Palmer v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Matter of Wipfler v. KlebesNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Social Investigator Eligibles Ass'n v. TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bass v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Collins v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- CIVIL SERVICE COM'N v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Resnick v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
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