Case Name: In the Matter of John Rapacki, Jr., Respondent, v. Sherman W. Van Ness, Sr., et al., Constituting the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Uniondale Fire District, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1975-10-28
Citations: 49 A.D.2d 942
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John Rapacki, Jr., Respondent, v Sherman W. Van Ness, Sr., et al., Constituting the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Uniondale Fire District, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 942–942

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John Rapacki, Jr., Respondent, v Sherman W. Van Ness, Sr., et al., Constituting the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Uniondale Fire District, Appellants.

Opinion:
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 inter alia to annul a determination of appellants which found petitioner, a volunteer fireman, guilty of disobeying a direct order and placed him on probation for one year, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered May 12, 1975, which annulled the determination and directed reinstatement of petitioner to membership in good standing in appellants' fire district. Judgment affirmed, without costs. Special Term properly granted the relief requested in the petition. Rabin, Acting P. J., Hopkins, Christ, Munder and Shapiro, JJ., concur.