Monroe v. Patterson

This is a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to annul a determination of the New York City Transit Authority, by which the petitioner was suspended and kept on an inactive duty status, and a later determination removing him, and to direct his reinstatement with back pay.

The petitioner, an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, was appointed to the position of railroad clerk provisionally on November 1, 1948, and permanently on April 6, 1949. He performed his duties until November 18, 1953, when he was pronounced medically disqualified temporarily and suspended from…