STATE EX REL. HIGGINS v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION


139 Conn. 102 (1952)

STATE EX REL. THOMAS HIGGINS ET AL. v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 8, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Clancy and James F. Kenney, with whom were Robert J. Testo and Michael J. Sicilian, for the plaintiffs.

John V. Donnelly, for the named defendant and defendant personnel director.

Maurice J. Magilnick, for the other defendants.

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.


O'SULLIVAN, J.

The first issue presented by this reservation concerns the constitutionality of a special act of the General Assembly authorizing credits for veterans taking promotional examinations in the classified service of the city of Bridgeport. Should the act be declared constitutional, a further issue is whether the credits were properly applied by the municipal civil service commission.

For the purpose of discussing the constitutional question, the...

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