Legal Opinion
Hardy v. Stumpf
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 15, 1974No. Civ. 32689PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (H. C.), J.
This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition for a writ of mandate instituted by one Veragene Hardy, for herself, and all other women who would be interested in being police officers in the Oakland Police Department.
Appellant challenged the requirement of the Oakland Police Department that applicants for the position of patrolman had to be male, weigh 135 pounds and be 5 feet 7 inches tall. She also challenged as a denial of equal protection the requirement that applicants for the position of policewoman have more education and better eyesight than applicants…
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