Legal Opinion
Nichols v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 14, 1990No. B036238PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ASHBY, Acting P. J.
In this case we hold that a county sheriff has discretion to revoke a license to carry a concealed firearm issued pursuant to Penal Code section 12050. In connection with such revocation, the sheriff is not required to hold a “due process hearing,” because the licensee has no constitutionally protected “property” or other interest in such a license.
The Sheriff of Santa Clara County issued to plaintiff and appellant Robert Nichols a license to carry a concealed firearm pursuant to Penal Code section 12050. The sheriff subsequently revoked Nichols’s license. Nichols…
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