WILLIAMS v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. S005008.

47 Cal.3d 195 (1988)

763 P.2d 480

252 Cal. Rptr. 817

JOHN D. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

November 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Frederick N. Merkin, Assistant City Attorney, Dorothy Berry and Arthur B. Walsh, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Appellants.

Mary Ann Healy, Michael P. Stone and Stone & Healy for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Cecil Marr, Diane Marchant, Marr & Marchant, Richard A. Shinee, Helen L. Schwab, Green & Shinee, Stephen H. Silver, Susan Silver, Silver, Kreisler, Goldwasser & Shaeffer and Lawrence J. Friedman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARGUELLES, J.

In Lybarger v. City of Los Angeles (1985) 40 Cal.3d 822 [221 Cal.Rptr. 529, 710 P.2d 329] (hereafter Lybarger), we annulled an administrative decision discharging a police officer for insubordination when he refused to answer questions...

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