Ligon v. State Personnel Board

Opinion

CAREY, J. *

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court denying a petition for writ of mandate. The petition alleged that the California State Personnel Board (hereafter Board) had wrongfully refused to consider appellant’s applications for two different employment positions with the Public Utilities Commission. Appellant sought both a judicial declaration of the invalidity of the personnel policy relied upon by the Board in disqualifying her from consideration for the positions, and a peremptory writ directing the Board to consider her applications.

Appellant, a state…