TERRY v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND COUNTY OF S.F.

Docket No. 14795.

108 Cal.App.2d 861 (1952)

240 P.2d 691

JUANITA BANKS TERRY et al., Respondents, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

January 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and Norman Sanford Wolff, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants.

Adams & Reynolds, John Adams, Jr., and R.J. Reynolds for Respondents.


PETERS, 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...

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