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Matter of Berni v. Leonard

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 7, 1973
300 N.E.2d 731 (N.Y. 1973)

Opinion

Submitted April 30, 1973

Decided June 7, 1973

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

Richard Hartman for appellant.

Joseph Jaspan, County Attorney ( Biagio F. Giaquinto and Natale C. Tedone of counsel), for respondents.


MEMORANDUM. The prescription by the Civil Service Commission of minimum requirements for the Police Sergeant examination to include four years' experience as a police patrolman is not per se unreasonable, and bears a sufficient relationship to and nexus with the position to be filled, upon the facts in this case. (Cf. Matter of Wirzberger v. Watson, 305 N.Y. 507, 513.) The record does not sustain a claim, and indeed none is here made, that women are denied the opportunity to become patrolmen. Petitioners have not, therefore, successfully attacked this initial classification as a discriminatory act.

Judges BURKE, BREITEL, JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Chief Judge FULD dissents and votes to reverse and grant the application of petitioners on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.

Order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum.


Summaries of

Matter of Berni v. Leonard

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 7, 1973
300 N.E.2d 731 (N.Y. 1973)
Case details for

Matter of Berni v. Leonard

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of DIANE BERNI et al., Appellants, v. ADELE LEONARD, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 7, 1973

Citations

300 N.E.2d 731 (N.Y. 1973)
300 N.E.2d 731
347 N.Y.S.2d 198

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