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PERRY v. JORDAN

Docket No. S.F. 17975.

34 Cal.2d 87 (1949)

207 P.2d 47

NEWEL PERRY, Petitioner, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 22, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Weigel, Ben C. Duniway and Grover W. Bedeau for Petitioner.

O'Melveny & Myers, Pierce Works and Louis W. Myers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Edward G. Benard, Assistant Attorney General, and Leonard M. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

Robert W. Kenny, E. Vayne Miller, George W. Artz, Sheridan Downey, Jr., Clifton Hildebrand and Edward Raiden for Real Parties in Interest.

CARTER, J.

This is a proceeding in mandamus in which petitioner seeks to compel respondent, Secretary of State, to take the various steps required of him by law to prepare for submission to the electorate at the next appropriate election a measure to repeal article XXV of the Constitution which was added at the general election in November of 1948. (Article XXV provides for pensions for the needy aged and blind, and as will hereafter more fully appear, is commonly...

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