Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) H. Eliot Kaplan for Albert De Roode for Captains' Association Lieutenants' Association of the Fire Department of the City of New York, amicus Paul Windels, Corporation Counsel ( Seymour B. Quel Paxton Blair of counsel), for defendants- Reginald Field for intervening defendants- See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of WILLIAM PHILLIPS et al., Appellants, against ABRAHAM KAPLAN et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion. Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, CROUCH and LOUGHRAN, JJ. Not sitting: FINCH, J.