Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 1996No. H013730PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, J.
Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s ruling that defendant County of Santa Clara (hereafter, County) could consolidate the offices of chief probation officer and director of the County’s department of corrections. 1 Their main contention is that the offices are inherently incompatible and cannot be legally merged.
Facts
In 1987, in Santa Clara County Charter section 509, ratified by the voters on June 6, 1988, the County established a department of corrections (hereafter, Corrections) to run the County’s jails pursuant to Government Code section 23013. The board of supervisors…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Chapman v. RapseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Moore v. PanishCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- Shoban v. Board of Trustees of Desert Center Unified School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- People v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
- County of Santa Clara v. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n of Santa Clara County, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by27 opinions
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