Matter of Laguardia v. Smith

The respondents are members of a special committee of the Council of the city of New York appointed to investigate the affairs and conduct of the Municipal Civil Service Commission. In the course of committee hearings, the investigation was directed to the personnel at the Information Center and to matters involving the method of selection and the qualifications of certain appointees. The inquiry adduced the fact that prior to the Council’s investigation the Mayor had directed a city employee to investigate matters which also related to the personnel at the Information Center and that upon…