Sheridan v. Finegan

This is an application by one Rosemary Sheridan, who it is conceded took and passed an open competitive examination for the position of social investigator, for an order directing the respondent, the Municipal Civil Service Commission, to regrade the experience ratings of the candidates who have taken and passed this examination. It is apparent from the record that those applicants who were employed by the emergency relief bureau as social investigators received a basic rating of eighty per cent while all others not so employed received a basic rating of only seventy per cent. Furthermore,…