Cabell v. Chavez-Salido

Chavez-Salido and other permanent resident aliens (plaintiffs) passed the required exams and met all qualifications for Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer positions except U.S. citizenship, which California law required of all "peace officers." They sued, and the district court found the law unconstitutionally overinclusive as applied to probation officers; California appealed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.