City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Milton L. Most and Stanley Sapiro for Real Party in Interest.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
Petitioner, the City of Los Angeles (City) seeks a writ of prohibition restraining respondent superior court from taking further action in a mandamus proceeding pending therein.
The facts in brief are as follows. On January 4, 1971, real party in interest Roy L. Burns (Burns), a police officer of the City, was discharged from the police department after a hearing before a board of rights as provided by section 202 1 of the Charter of the City of Los Angeles. On March 21, 1972, Burns commenced against the City and Edward M. Davis, its chief of police, the underlying special…
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