Waldstreicher v. Michaelian’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The court is of the opinion that the salary advantage provided for under § 79-a of the Social Welfare Law does not constitute a promotion within the meaning and intent of § 52, subdivision 9, of the Civil Service Law; but even if it did, there is nothing in the Constitution which prohibits the Legislature from amending the Civil Service Law to the extent necessary to permit favored treatment to trained personnel.... ****** “It is also claimed that § 79-a of the Social Welfare Law is a special law and not a general law, because it does not apply in the same manner to all counties; and that it is therefore void under Article IX of the Constitution. In Kittinger v. Buffalo Traction Co., 160 N.Y. 377 , at page 397, 54 N.E. 1081 , at page 1088, the court stated that: ‘The constitutionality of a statute is not determined by matters outside of the statute, but from the statute itself.’ The statute on its face applies in like manner to all political subdivisions of the State, and does not arbitrarily single out a particular community and provide it with special treatment to the exclusion of other communities similarly situated.... Accordingly, the court determines that the statute in question is a general law.” 52 Misc.2d at 713 , 276 N.Y.S.2d at 762-64 . (Citations omitted)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 W. Va. 8 - Atchinson v. Erwin