MATTER OF REILLY v. REID


45 N.Y.2d 24 (1978)

In the Matter of Dermot C. Reilly, Appellant, v. Ogden R. Reid, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cole Crary and Dermot C. Reilly, pro se, for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Michael F. Colligan and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

Petitioner Reilly, a former associate attorney in the Office of the Counsel of the State Department of Environmental Conservation, seeks restoration to his abolished position and back pay. In this proceeding under CPLR article 78 he alleges that the abolition of his position by respondents, the department and its commissioner, was illegal. Special Term denied respondents' motion to dismiss...

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