Legal Opinion
Civil Service Commission v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 21, 1984No. D001619PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WIENER, Acting P. J.
The difficult and sensitive question in this case is whether ethical considerations require disqualifying the county counsel as attorney for the County of San Diego (County) in the pending litigation between the County and the Civil Service Commission of the County of San Diego (Commission). The Commission seeks a writ of mandate after it unsuccessfully moved to disqualify the county counsel. We will grant the writ.
Factual and Procedural Background
Preliminarily we observe the functions of government make it necessary for some public agencies within a governmental…
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