Glanatasio v. Kaplan

• Decision Date: 15 July 1931
• Citation: 257 N.Y. 531,178 N.E. 782
• Parties: In the Matter of Vincent J. GLANATASIO, Appellant, v. Abraham KAPLAN et al., Composing the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Respondents.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

257 N.Y. 531

178 N.E. 782

In the Matter of Vincent J. GLANATASIO, Appellant,

v.Abraham KAPLAN et al., Composing the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

July 15, 1931.

Appeal, on constitutional grounds, from an order of a Special Term of the Supreme Court for the county of New York, entered February 13, 1931, which denied a motion by the plaintiff for a peremptory order of mandamus to compel the municipal civil service commission of the city of New York to recall, annul, and cancel the certification for appointment of a disabled veteran to the position of court attendant on the ground that section 6 of article 5 of the State Constitution, providing for preference for disabled veterans in appointments in the civil service of the state and of civil divisions thereof, is repugnant to provisions of the Federal Constitution (Amendment 14), in that it denies to others the equal protection of the laws and abridges the privileges or immunities of such citizens.

H. Eliot Kaplan, of New York City, for appellant.

Arthur J. W. Hilly, Corp. Counsel, of New York City (J. Joseph Lilly and Arthur Sweeny, both of New York City, and Cornelius Bregoff, of St. George, of counsel), for respondent Municipal Civil Service Commission of City of New York.

Frederick A. Keck, of Brooklyn, for respondent James C. A. Hennessey.

John J. Bennett, Jr., Atty. Gen. (Patrick H. Clune, of Albany, of counsel), for respondent State.

PER CURIAM.

Order affirmed, with costs.

CARDOZO, C. J., and POUND, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, O'BRIEN, and HUBBS, JJ., concur.

CRANE, J., not sitting.