Legg v. Brandt

Petitioners were employed prior to July 1, 1936, with one exception, as assistant architects in the Department of Public Works of the State of New York. The one excepted was employed as an architectural draftsman. On various dates between May 31, 1932, and July 1, 1936, petitioners were suspended from the State service because of lack of funds and their names placed on a preferred list. They were reinstated in service at various dates during the year 1938, but at salaries lower than the salaries which they received at the times when they were suspended. All of them were again suspended on…