DiFederico v. McNamara

The plaintiff, a police lieutenant with the police department of the town of Stratford, brought suit to invalidate an oral examination given to establish a promotion list for the rank of police captain. The trial court declared the examination null and void on the ground that the defendants failed to comply with certain regulations requiring the use of written examinations. From that judgment, the defendants have appealed claiming that the court erred in concluding that the police manual of the town constituted the appropriate regulations which governed promotions in the police department.

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