Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Joseph Chase, Arthur Elfenbein Dennis J. Kenny for Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel ( Robert L. Ellis Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of JAMES P. McDERMOTT, Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. MURPHY, as Commissioner of the Police Department of the City of New York, Respondent. Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion. Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER.