Legal Opinion
Baird v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 1975No. Civ. No. 45350PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COBEY, J.
The sole issue on this appeal in a mandamus proceeding by four police officers (hereafter called petitioners) is whether the respondent police chief could properly demote them within their civil service classification of police officer for a nondisciplinary reason from police officer III to police officer II without complying with the formal board of rights procedures provided in section 202 of the Charter of respondent City of Los Angeles (hereafter City).1 The trial court, in the minute order it entered preliminary to its making and entering the judgment under appeal denying…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Coca-Cola Co. v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Melendres v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- Benguiat v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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