HOFBERG v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CIVIL SERV. COMM

Docket No. 24242.

258 Cal.App.2d 433 (1968)

65 Cal. Rptr. 759

SAMUEL HOFBERG, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant.

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

January 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Ronald L. Schneider and Mitchell L. Lathrop, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant.

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Laurence R. Sperber for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHRISTIAN, J.

The Civil Service Commission of the County of Los Angeles appeals from a judgment mandating it to certify respondent Hofberg's eligibility for appointment as a social worker in the county service.

Hofberg had been discharged from county employment in 1957 because the previous year, in an appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, he asserted Fifth Amendment privilege and refused to answer certain questions...

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