MATTER OF BERNI v. LEONARD


69 Misc.2d 935 (1972)

In the Matter of Diane Berni et al., and All Those Similarly Situated, Petitioners, v. Adele Leonard, as Executive Directrix of the Nassau County Civil Service Commission, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County.

April 28, 1972


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hartman for petitioners. Joseph Jaspan, County Attorney, for respondents.


BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

"Frailty, thy name is woman!" sayeth William Shakespeare in the sixteenth century (Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii). Not so, say five Nassau County policewomen who demand the opportunity to become police sergeants. Therein lies a modern tale of exclusion from employment classification.

The five policewomen each seek appointment to the position of police sergeant, and have applied to take the appropriate civil service examination...

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