Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Mass
California Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1956No. S. F. 19433PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*495GIBSON, C. J.
This case involves the constitutionality of section 12604 of the Education Code which provides that any employee of a school district who fails or refuses on any ground whatsoever to answer questions put to him by a legislative committee relating to specified matters, including past or present knowing membership in the Communist Party, shall be guilty of insubordination and of violating the section and shall be dismissed from his employment in the manner provided by law.1
In 1950 defendant, an instructor at the City College of San Francisco, signed a loyalty oath required of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Bodinson Manufacturing Co. v. California Employment CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Christal v. Police CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- Daniman v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Mass v. Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Laba v. Newark Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- Frazee v. Civil Service BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Lowenstein v. Newark Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
- Mass v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
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