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Matter of Rabouine v. McNamara

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 30, 1950
96 N.E.2d 91 (N.Y. 1950)

Summary

In Matter of Rabouine v. McNamara (301 N.Y. 785 the New York City civil service commission removed Rabouine's name from the list of eligibles in the police department where he was serving as a patrolman in a probationary capacity and discharged him on the ground that it was not satisfied with his character or reputation for the reason that in 1945 he had signed a petition for the nomination for public office of a candidate of the Communist party and in 1946 had been a member of that party for a period of about three to five months.

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Opinion

Argued May 24, 1950

Decided November 30, 1950

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Robert J. Eliasberg for appellant.

John P. McGrath, Corporation Counsel ( Henry J. Shields and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondents.


Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Rabouine v. McNamara

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 30, 1950
96 N.E.2d 91 (N.Y. 1950)

In Matter of Rabouine v. McNamara (301 N.Y. 785 the New York City civil service commission removed Rabouine's name from the list of eligibles in the police department where he was serving as a patrolman in a probationary capacity and discharged him on the ground that it was not satisfied with his character or reputation for the reason that in 1945 he had signed a petition for the nomination for public office of a candidate of the Communist party and in 1946 had been a member of that party for a period of about three to five months.

Summary of this case from Matter of Adler v. Wilson
Case details for

Matter of Rabouine v. McNamara

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of LEO RABOUINE, Appellant, against JOSEPH A. McNAMARA et…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 30, 1950

Citations

96 N.E.2d 91 (N.Y. 1950)
96 N.E.2d 91

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