Legal Opinion · Dissent
Kern v. LaGuardia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 13, 1942Published
1DissentMartin, P. J.
In this case we are not interested in personalities or in the controversy between the mayor and his former secretary. Far transcending in importance are the principles of the merit system for municipal employees administered through civil service, which should be protected by the courts.
The petitioner Paul J. Kern was appointed by Mayor LaGuardia as a municipal civil service commissioner and president of the commission on June 1, 1940, for a full term of six years, to expire on May 31,1946. On or about August 1,1938, the petitioner Wallace S. Sayre was appointed by Mayor LaGuardia as a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People, Ex Rel. Keech v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- People Ex Rel. Van Tine v. . PurdyNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Bender v. Board of RegentsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- People Ex Rel. Campbell v. CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Healy v. BlountAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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