Legal Opinion
Terry v. Civil Service Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1952No. Civ. 14795PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, P. J.
Respondents, citizens of the United States and residents of San Francisco for over nine years, were denied the right to take a civil service examination for playground director solely because they were not graduates of one of the limited number of colleges accredited by the civil service commission. The commission, by rule, has provided that only graduates of certain designated colleges can qualify to take the examination. The day before this particular examination was to be given the respondents applied to the trial court for an alternative writ of mandate. The writ was issued and, at the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Bautista v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
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