Superior Court of Alameda Cty. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of Alameda

The question is whether the probation officer of Alameda County shall be appointed, pursuant to the county’s charter, by the judge of the juvenile court on nomination of the juvenile justice commission or by civil service procedure. The superior court, by petition signed by all of its judges, seeks a writ of mandate in its prohibitory form and writ of prohibition to prevent the civil service commission from applying its procedures in the matter of appointment of a probation officer. The former officer, Lorenzo S. Buckley, having retired on October 1, 1967, a new appointment must now be made.…