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BURDEN v. SNOWDEN

Docket No. S021885.

2 Cal.4th 556 (1992)

828 P.2d 672

7 Cal. Rptr.2d 531

ELIZABETH BURDEN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID SNOWDEN, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas Kathe, City Attorney, Filarsky & Watt, Steve A. Filarsky, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Amy D. Hogue and Kevin M. Fong for Defendants and Appellants.

Mayer & Reeves, Thomas M. Reeves, Irving Berger, Martin J. Mayer, Whitmore, Johnson & Bolanos, Richard S. Whitmore, Craig W. Patenaude and Helene L. Leichter as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

John K. York and Celinda Tabucchi for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.

We granted review in this case to determine the narrow issue whether a person hired by a city police department as a "police recruit" is entitled to coverage under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (hereafter the Bill of Rights Act or the Act) (Gov. Code, § 3300 et seq.).1 Our examination of the legislative scheme, its history and extrinsic aids leads us to...

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