Legal Opinion

Daggs v. Personnel Commission

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 19, 1969No. Civ. 1095PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GARGANO, Acting P. J.

The chronology of events in this litigation which centers around the demotion of a police officer is this: On February 24, 1966, Charles R. Daggs, a sergeant of the Modesto city police force, was demoted to the rank of patrolman by the city manager; he was demoted upon the recommendation of the chief of police, Robert L. Meester. Two disciplinary reasons were given. The first was that the appraisal reports, incident reports and reprimands contained in Daggs’ personnel file indicated that he did not possess the degree of judgment and reliability necessary to perform…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Steen v. Board of Civil Service CommissionersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Cahill v. E. B. & A. L. Stone Co.California Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Dunn v. MUNICIPAL COURT FOR EUREKA JUDICIAL DISTRICTCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
  4. Dankert v. Lamb Finance Co.California Court of Appeal · 1956
  5. Baron v. Sanger Motor SalesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. California State Employees'assn. v. St. of Calif.California Court of Appeal · 1973
  2. Charles S. v. Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
  3. Daugherty v. City & Cnty. of S.F., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  4. Hadley v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
  5. Manhattan Sepulveda, Ltd. v. City of Manhattan BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994

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