DEAN v. KUCHEL

Docket No. Sac. 6106.

35 Cal.2d 444 (1950)

218 P.2d 521

JAMES S. DEAN, as Director of the Department of Finance etc., Petitioner, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ralph I. McCarthy and J.D. Lear for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

The controversy here presented involves the validity of a transaction between the state and Pacific-Southwestern Company, a partnership. In 1949 the Legislature passed a statute reading: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of Finance, with the consent of any state agency having jurisdiction thereof, is hereby authorized and empowered to let to any person, firm or corporation, for a term not...

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