Legal Opinion
Swars v. Council of City of Vallejo
California Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1949No. Sac. 6007PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.
By writ of review, William J. Swars is seeking to annul an order of the City Council of Vallejo dismissing him from the police department. The principal grounds of his attack upon the judgment adverse to him are that, because of the denial of a public hearing, the insufficiency of the evidence to support the charges against him, and the *869lack of adequate findings, the municipal officers had no jurisdiction to take the challenged action.
In 1942, the chief of police filed with the city council his recommendation that Swars be dismissed from the police department because of conduct “unbecoming a…
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