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JENKINS v. KNIGHT

Docket Nos. Sac. 6639, 6637, 6638.

46 Cal.2d 220 (1956)

293 P.2d 6

THOMAS M. JENKINS et al., Petitioners, v. GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, as Governor, etc., Respondent. ROSS H. BOYD et al., Petitioners, v. GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, as Governor, etc., Respondent. HERBERT LICKER et al., Petitioners, v. GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, as Governor, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaronson & Cohn, Melvin E. Cohn, Michael Aaronson, Frank W. Rose, William W. Penaluna, Roger Kent and Lester Van Tatenhove for Petitioners.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Leonard M. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

The Constitution of California provides that when vacancies occur in either house of the Legislature the Governor "shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies" (Cal. Const., art. IV, § 12), and it is provided in section 1773 of the Government Code that when such vacancies occur the Governor shall issue writs of election "at once."

Three seats in the Assembly became vacant as a result of the resignation or death of persons elected...

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