Alfieri v. Murphy
Cases that cite this one
51 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Matter of Pantaleo v. O'Neill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Pantaleo v. O'Neill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Cyrus v. O'Neill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of Arroyo v. O'Neill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Kennedy v. Bennett (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2006)
- Bustos v. City of Rochester (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
- Blount v. New York City Civil Service Commission (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2004)
- Bulger v. Safir (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2002)
- Pierson v. Kralik (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
- Costa v. Police Department (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
- Miller v. State of New York Department of Taxation & Finance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
- Perez v. Safir (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- McDermott v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- Martinez v. Safir (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- Hogan v. Bratton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- McDonald v. Safir (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- O'Connell v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
- Miller v. McMahon (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
- Sangiuolo v. Kelly (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- Dabulis v. New York City Transit Authority (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- Ruggio v. Hammill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
- Marhold v. Brown (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Moore v. Constantine (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Rine v. City of Sherrill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Hickey v. Bratton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
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Opinion of the Court
Memorandum. We see no reason in the record to disturb the finding by the Appellate Division that the Police Commissioner’s determination is supported by substantial evidence. Further, while the sanction of dismissal is a grave one, so is the act which here brought it about. The smallness of the value of the property petitioner stole does not diminish the moral turpitude thus disclosed. Nor does it ameliorate the destructive impact such conduct tends to have on the confidence which it is so important for the public to have in its police officers. Therefore, it cannot be said that the discipline imposed was "so disproportionate to the offense as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness” (Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222, 237; cf. Matter of O’Connor v Frank, 38 NY2d 963). It follows that the order should be affirmed.
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur.
Judgment, denominated an order, affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
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