Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1997)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided September 29, 1997Published
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General
WILLIAM DEWITT has requested this office to grant leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question:
Does the doctrine of incompatible public offices preclude a person from holding simultaneously the positions of South Gate City Treasurer and Central Basin Municipal Water District Director?
CONCLUSION
The holding simultaneously of the positions of South Gate City Treasurer and Central Basin Municipal Water District Director presents substantial questions of fact and law concerning the application of incompatible…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Chapman v. RapseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Berka v. WoodwardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Dibb v. County of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
- People Ex Rel. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. County of Santa ClaraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
- Hodges v. KauffmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
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