Morrison v. Hoberman

The issue presented here is whether the New York City Civil Service Commission acted arbitrarily or capriciously in adopting a resolution creating two different classes of Oilers in city employment.

Petitioners-respondents were employed as Oilers in sewage treatment plants of the City of New York, Department of Public Works, until March 10, 1964, when the City Civil Service Commission adopted a resolution which reclassified the title of Oiler into two new titles of Oiler (Portable) and Oiler (Stationary), and continued the title of Oiler for incumbents then in service.

In 1965, the Oilers in…