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Beck v. County of Santa Clara

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 16, 1988No. H003922PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

AGLIANO, P. J.

By resolutions the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County created a new County Department of Detention (DOD), to be headed by a board-appointed county official, and transferred to it the management of county jail facilities formerly under the jurisdiction of the sheriff, Robert Winter. Winter, the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Santa Clara County (DSA), and DSA president Tom Beck (also a county resident, taxpayer, and sheriff’s sergeant) sued for a declaration that the resolutions were invalid and for an injunction against their implementation. The superi- or court…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Woodland Hills Residents Ass'n v. City Council of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Estate of McDillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Pacific Legal Foundation v. California Coastal CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Butterworth v. BoydCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
  5. People Ex Rel. Burby v. . HowlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1898

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3Cited by27 opinions

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  4. County of Los Angeles v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. County of Santa Clara v. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n of Santa Clara County, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1992

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