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CULLEN v. NEW YORK STATE CIVIL SERV. COMN.

No. 76 C 2247.

435 F.Supp. 546 (1977)

Lorraine C. CULLEN, John L. Jund, Manny Trotner, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and Civil Service Merit Council of Long Island, Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Victor Bahou, President, Nassau County Civil Service Commission, Adele Leonard, Commissioner, the County of Nassau, Ralph G. Caso, County Executive of the County of Nassau, Town of Hempstead Civil Service Commission, Sidney Rosenthal, Commissioner, Town of Hempstead, Francis T. Purcell, Presiding Supervisor, Nassau County Republican Committee, Joseph F. Margiotta, County Leader, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

Supplemental Opinion July 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessel Rothman, P. C., Mineola, N. Y., for plaintiffs; Sheldon Rosenblum, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel.

Curtis, Hart & Zaklukiewicz, Merrick, N. Y., for Nassau County Republican Committee and Joseph F. Margiotta.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for New York State Civil Service Comn.

Peter T. King, Acting County Atty. of Nassau County, Mineola, N. Y., for Nassau County Civil Service Comn., Adele Leonard, County of Nassau and Ralph G. Caso.

W. Kenneth Chave, Jr., Town Atty., Hempstead, N. Y., for Town of Hempstead and Town of Hempstead Civil Service Comn.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

MISHLER, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit, brought pursuant to § 1983 of Title 42, United States Code, seeks monetary and injunctive relief for the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights by public officials and governmental units in the County of Nassau on Long Island. Jurisdiction is predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). The essence of the complaint is that in order to obtain an appointment or promotion to a position...

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