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ECTOR v. CITY OF TORRANCE

Docket No. L.A. 30100.

10 Cal.3d 129 (1973)

514 P.2d 433

109 Cal. Rptr. 849

SILAS ECTOR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF TORRANCE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kurlander, Solomon & Hart, Stephen Warren Solomon and Ronald L. Gould for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Christopher Burdick, Jacobs, Blanckenburg, May & Colvin and Reynold H. Colvin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stanley E. Remelmeyer, City Attorney, and Ralph H. Nutter for Defendants and Respondents.

Roger Arneberg, City Attorney (Los Angeles), John A. Daly, Jack L. Wells, Assistant City Attorneys, Thomas M. O'Connor, City Attorney (City and County of San Francisco), Burk E. Delventhal, Deputy City Attorney, Edward A. Goggin, City Attorney (Oakland), and William C. Sharp, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is an appeal by a former city employee from a judgment denying his petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent City of Torrance to vacate its order terminating his employment and to reinstate him with full back pay. Appellant contends that the requirement of respondent's charter that its officers and employees reside within its borders contravenes a state statute forbidding such a job qualification (Gov...

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