Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Hart
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 1947No. Civ. 13472PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrat, J.
Petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent Civil Service Board of the city of Oakland to reestablish a cancelled civil service eligibility list.
Petitioners are two captains in the Oakland Fire Department who had successfully passed promotional civil service examinations for the position of battalion chief and whose names were the only ones remaining on the eligible list, which normally would not have expired until September 17, 1947. At the request of the city council, the city attorney rendered an opinion to the civil service board concerning the effect of section 395.1 of the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Boone v. LightnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ex Parte DanielsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Pipoly v. BensonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Douglass v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Mann v. ScottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Professional Fire Fighters, Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Palaske v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Desert Turf Club v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Shean v. EdmondsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- Bowers v. City of San BuenaventuraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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