Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Menahem Stim and Thomas J. Curran for petitioners, appellants. William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( David DuVivier and Paxton Blair of counsel), for defendants, appellants. Samuel M. Birnbaum for American Legion, Department of New York, amicus curiae. Harold A. Felix for Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States et al., amici curiae. Frank S. Parmenter, Corporation Counsel, for City of Troy, amicus curiae. H. Eliot Kaplan for Richard Welling, intervener, defendant, respondent. Albert De Roode for John J. Tangney et al., amici curiae. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of JOHN J. McCANN et al., Appellants, against PAUL J. KERN et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants; JOSEPH D. McGOLDRICK, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Appellants; and RICHARD WELLING, Intervener, Defendant and Respondent. Order affirmed, without costs. Assuming that in terms chapter 784 of the Laws of 1941 applied to these petitioners, the statute violates the Constitution. No opinion. Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, LEWIS, CONWAY and DESMOND, JJ.