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MATTER OF BERNI v. LEONARD

32 N.Y.2d 933 (1973)

In the Matter of Diane Berni et al., Appellants, v. Adele Leonard, as Executive Directrix of the Nassau County Civil Service Commission, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hartman for appellant.

Joseph Jaspan, County Attorney (Biagio F. Giaquinto and Natale C. Tedone of counsel), for respondents.

Judges BURKE, BREITEL, JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Chief Judge FULD dissents and votes to reverse and grant the application of petitioners on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.

MEMORANDUM.

The prescription by the Civil Service Commission of minimum requirements for the Police Sergeant examination to include four years' experience as a police patrolman is not per se unreasonable, and bears a sufficient relationship to and nexus with the position to be filled, upon the facts in this case. (Cf. Matter of Wirzberger v. Watson, 305 N.Y. 507, 513.) The record does...

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