Almassy v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission

Petitioner appeals from a judgment denying his application for a writ of mandate to compel the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission to annul two promotional civil service examinations and the corresponding eligible lists promulgated upon the results thereof. The problem presented is the validity of certain evaluation procedure, in addition to written tests, adopted by the commission as part of the process of rating candidates for the positions to be filled—an allegedly common p'ractice in the conduct of civil service examinations throughout the state. While it appears that the eligible…