STEINMETZ v. CAL. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Docket No. Sac. 6530.

44 Cal.2d 816 (1955)

285 P.2d 617

HARRY C. STEINMETZ, Petitioner, v. CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A.L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Richard L. Mayers, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

Petitioner was dismissed from his position as an associate professor at San Diego State College because of his refusal, at a hearing before the State Board of Education, to answer two questions as to whether he was or had been a member of the Communist Party, and he seeks a writ of mandate to compel his reinstatement.

The state board acted pursuant to section 1028.1 of the Government Code, which is part of a statute commonly known as the Luckel...

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