Campbell v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners

We have before us consolidated appeals by the respective plaintiffs in two actions which they brought against the Board of Civil Service Commissioners of the city of Los Angeles, and others, in which they sought declaratory relief.

In one action David H. Campbell sued for himself, and on behalf of others similarly situated, to establish their status as permanent civil service employees under action theretofore taken appointing them policemen of the city of Los Angeles and declaring that the defendants have no right to discharge them except for cause, under article IX of the city charter. The…