Legal Opinion
Chavez-Salido v. Cabell
District Court, C.D. California
Decided March 14, 1977No. CV 76-0541-IHPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge, CURTIS, Senior District Judge, and IRVING HILL, District Judge. HILL, District Judge:
In this opinion, in a case of first impression, we declare unconstitutional California Government Code § 1031(a). That section provides that one must be a citizen of the United States to hold any governmental position, state, county or local, which is declared by law to be a peace officer or which has the powers of a peace officer. The case is brought by three plaintiffs who applied for, and were denied, appointment to the position of Los Angeles County deputy…
2Cases cited70 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Cabell v. Chavez-SalidoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Snow v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Jeetendra Bhandari v. First National Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Lund v. AffleckDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Dawson v. PastrickDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1977
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