Legal Opinion
Cabell v. Chavez-Salido
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 12, 1982No. 80-990PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In this case we once again consider a citizenship requirement imposed by a State on those seeking to fill certain governmental offices. California Gov’t Code Ann. § 1031(a) (West 1980) requires “public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers” to be citizens of the United States. California Penal Code Ann. §830.5 (West Supp. 1981) provides that probation officers and deputy probation officers are “peace officers.” A three-judge District Court of the Central District of California held the California requirement unconstitutional both on its face and as applied to the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Graham v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Minnesota v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Clements v. FashingSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sibley v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Louisiana State UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Toll v. MorenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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