Case Name: In the Matter of John J. McCann et al., Appellants, against Paul J. Kern et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants; Joseph D. McGoldrick, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Appellants; and Richard Welling, Intervener, Defendant and Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-11-21
Citations: 287 N.Y. 581
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John J. McCann et al., Appellants, against Paul J. Kern et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants; Joseph D. McGoldrick, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Appellants; and Richard Welling, Intervener, Defendant and Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 287
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John J. McCann et al., Appellants, against Paul J. Kern et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants; Joseph D. McGoldrick, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Appellants; and Richard Welling, Intervener, Defendant and Respondent.
Argued October 7, 1941;
decided November 21, 1941.
Menahem Stim and Thomas J. Curran for petitioners, appellants.
William C. Chanter, Corporation Counsel (David DuVivier and Paxton Blair of counsel), for defendants, appellants.
Samuel M. Birnbaum for American Legion, Department of New York, amicus curix.
Harold A. Felix for Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States et al., amici curix.
Frank S. Parmenter, Corporation Counsel, for City of Troy, amicus curix.
H. Eliot Kaplan for Richard Welling, intervener, defendant, respondent.
Albert De Roode for John J. Tangney et al., amici curix.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs. Assuming that in terms chapter 784 of the Laws of 1941 applied to these petitioners, the statute violates the Constitution. No opinion.
Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Finch, Rippet, Lewis, Conway and Desmond, JJ.