Legal Opinion
Kelly v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 27, 2005No. SC 17331PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The sole issue in this consolidated appeal1 is whether the methodology for promoting police officers *583currently utilized by the defendants, the city of New Haven (city) and certain city officials; see footnote 1 of this opinion; whereby civil service examination scores are rounded to whole numbers and then treated as score groups, violates the New Haven charter (charter) provisions limiting the discretion that may be exercised in such promotions. The plaintiffs, certain city police officers who were passed over for promotion; see footnote 1 of this opinion; sought, in three…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. CurcioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Miller v. EganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Turner v. TurnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. SanseverinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Kelly v. Stop & Shop, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Honulik v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Commissioner of Transportation v. Rocky Mountain, LLCSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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