BAGLEY v. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL DIST.

Docket No. S.F. 21831.

65 Cal.2d 499 (1966)

421 P.2d 409

55 Cal. Rptr. 401

NELLIE BAGLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levy, DeRoy, Geffner & Van Bourg, Victor J. Van Bourg, Stewart Weinberg, Davis & Cowell and Robert P. Cowell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Marshall W. Krause, Albert M. Bendich and Arthur Wells, Jr., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sabraw & Avera and Fred E. Avera for Defendants and Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

In the present case we consider once again the constitutionality of restraints imposed upon the political activities of a public employee. We once again review the factors which circumscribe the power of the government to exact as a condition of public employment a waiver of constitutional rights.

We have recently held that only a "compelling" public interest can justify the imposition of restraints upon the political activities of public employees...

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