Garvin v. Chambers

Decided December 31, 1924. Emmet Seawell wrote the opinion for the court.

232 P. 696 · Cited 70 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Roberts v. Police Court of S.F. · 195 P. 1053
• Hewitt v. Board of Medical Examiners · 84 P. 39
• Great Western Power Co. v. Pillsbury · 149 P. 35
• In re Shortridge · 99 Cal. 526
• French v. Senate · 80 P. 1031
• Smith v. Westerfield · 88 Cal. 374
• Matter of Carter · 74 P. 997
• Matter of Hughes · 113 P. 684
• Englebretson v. Industrial Accident Commission · 151 P. 421
• Borchard v. Board of Supervisors · 77 P. 708
• Green v. Superior Court · 78 Cal. 556
• Pratt v. Rosenthal · 183 P. 542
• Petersen v. Civil Service Board · 227 P. 238
• Sunter v. Fraser · 228 P. 660
• Long v. Superior Court of San Francisco · 102 Cal. 449
• Hackett v. Morse · 188 P. 308
• People Ex Rel. Cook v. Board of Police of the Metropolitan Police District · 39 N.Y. 506
• People v. Weston · 146 P. 871

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Negron v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission · 240 Cal. App. 4th 874
• Swars v. Council of the City of Vallejo · 64 Cal. App. 2d 858
• Walker v. City of San Gabriel · 20 Cal. 2d 879
• La Prade v. Department of Water & Power · 27 Cal. 2d 47
• California School Employees Ass'n v. Personnel Commission of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District · 474 P.2d 436
• Cunningham v. Civil Service Commission · 398 P.2d 155
• Security-First National Bank v. Board of Supervisors · 26 P.2d 862
• Parrish v. Civil Service Commission · 425 P.2d 223
• Steen v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners · 26 Cal. 2d 716
• Pasadena Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence · 572 P.2d 53
• Ferdig v. State Personnel Board · 71 Cal. 2d 96
• Dierssen v. Civil Service Commission · 43 Cal. App. 2d 53
• Cantrell v. Board of Supervisors · 87 Cal. App. 2d 471
• Hunt v. Norton · 198 P.2d 124
• Hammond v. Curry · 14 So. 2d 390
• McClelland v. Board of Supervisors · 30 Cal. 2d 124
• Sheehan v. Board of Police Commissioners · 239 P. 844
• Raphael v. Okyiri · 740 A.2d 935
• Forstner v. City & County of San Francisco · 243 Cal. App. 2d 625
• Ware v. Retirement Board · 65 Cal. App. 2d 781
• Nilsson v. State Personnel Board · 25 Cal. App. 2d 699
• Hingsbergen v. State Personnel Board · 240 Cal. App. 2d 914
• Shannon v. City of Los Angeles · 270 P. 682
• Horstmyer v. Trial Board · 21 Cal. App. 2d 533
• State Ex Rel. Ness v. Board of City Commissioners · 245 N.W. 887

Explore from here

Emmet Seawell’s Judicial Record · Cal. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).