Legal Opinion
O'Callaghan v. Finegan
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1937PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtValente, J.
In another proceeding (Matter of Ryan v. Finegan, 166 Misc. 548), decided only recently, I had occasion to grant the petitioner’s application for an order of mandamus. There I held that the municipal civil service commission had acted unreasonably in fixing a maximum age limitation of twenty-five years for persons who wished to participate in the civil service examination for the position of clerk, grade 2.
The present proceeding relates to the same examination, but presents an additional question, namely, the constitutionality of the Livingston Act (Laws of 1937, chap. 358). The law, section…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Koso v. GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Ottinger v. State Civil Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Matter of Barthelmess v. . CukorNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- People Ex Rel. Moriarty v. . CreelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Matter of Kraus v. SingstadNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Sheridan v. KernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Ryan v. FineganNew York Supreme Court · 1937
- Fogarty v. KernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Sheridan v. FineganNew York Supreme Court · 1938