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BAGGETT v. GATES

Docket No. L.A. 31533.

32 Cal.3d 128 (1982)

649 P.2d 874

185 Cal. Rptr. 232

LAWRENCE L. BAGGETT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DARYL GATES, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants. DAVID B. ZELHART, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DARYL GATES, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cecil W. Marr, Robert J. Loew and Loew & Marr for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

William H. Sortor, David P. Clisham and Carroll, Burdick & McDonough as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ira Reiner and Burt Pines, City Attorneys, Frederick N. Merkin, Senior Assistant City Attorney, and Catharine H. Vale, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Royal M. Sorensen and Virginia R. Pesola as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

The primary issue presented by this case is whether the Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Bill of Rights Act) applies to chartered cities. (See Gov. Code, §§ 3300-3311.)

I.

Plaintiffs, Lawrence Baggett, David Butler, John Spencer and David Zelhart, are police officers employed by the Los Angeles Police Department (Department...

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