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BOWEN v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 22012.

39 Cal.2d 714 (1952)

249 P.2d 285

MARJORIE A. BOWEN, Petitioner, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 17, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Richard W. Petherbridge and Nanette Dembitz for Petitioner.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gerald G. Kelly, Assistant County Counsel and Robert L. Trapp, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Petitioner, a Los Angeles County civil service employee, was discharged because she refused to sign the oath required of all public employees by the Levering Act (Gov. Code, §§ 3100-3109), and she has brought this original proceeding in mandamus seeking reinstatement and payment of compensation which was withheld following her suspension.

Before the Levering Act went into effect, petitioner executed an oath almost identical with that...

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