HARDY v. STUMPF

Docket No. S.F. 23482.

21 Cal.3d 1 (1978)

576 P.2d 1342

145 Cal. Rptr. 176

VERAGENE HARDY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM F. STUMPF et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

April 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Clifford Sweet, Carolyn Jones, Richard Duane and Ballachey, Meade, Duane & Lyman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

David A. Self, City Attorney, and William C. Sharp, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Plaintiff appeals from judgment denying petition for writ of mandate. Challenging City of Oakland's requirement that police officer applicants be able to scale a six-foot wall, she claims the disproportionate rejection of females constitutes sex discrimination denying equal protection and violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The trial court upheld the requirement as reasonably related to the duties of Oakland police...

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