Legal Opinion
Rockland County Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. Prendergast
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 2006PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
In a hybrid proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul the non-competitive permanent appointment of William Sherwood to the position of Chief of Police of the Town of Clarkstown, and action, inter alia, for a judgment, in effect, declaring that the appointment violated Rockland County Police Act § 4 (L 1936, ch 526, as amended by L 1946, ch 941) and the Merit and Fitness Clause of the New York State Constitution (NY Const, art V, § 6), the Rockland County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Inc., appeals, as limited by its brief, from stated portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court,…
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