The plaintiffs are officers of the New York City Police Department who were laid off for various amounts of time during the city's fiscal crisis in 1975. Each seeks back pay for all or part of the period of their layoff, contending that the city acted improperly in determining their seniority for purposes of layoff and rehiring at that time.
The relevant facts are undisputed. In early 1975 the city
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