What is the constitutionality of a provision in the Public Prosecutions Act allowing an individual to claim a "vested right" in public employment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Patton v. Board of Harbor Commissioners, 13 Cal.App.3d 536, 91 Cal.Rptr. 832 (Cal. App. 1970):
The question of the constitutionality of such a provision is a difficult one. It has traditionally been held that no one has a vested right in public employment except insofar as conferred by statute or valid regulation (Butterworth v. Boyd, 12
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