Cox v. McNamara

This appeal is from a decree dismissing a class suit of plaintiff, a Portland policeman, requesting a declaratory judgment that the general order ① issued by defendant Police Chief McNamara restricting off-duty employment by police personnel is invalid and enjoining its enforcement.

Plaintiff contends that the exceptions to the regulation make it so arbitrary and discriminatory that it violates the dne process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

It is clear that a regulation absolutely prohibiting the off-duty employment of police…