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CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PARTY v. JORDAN

Docket No. L.A. 24658.

49 Cal.2d 448 (1957)

318 P.2d 473

CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PARTY et al., Appellants, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertrand L. Comparet for Appellants.

A.L. Wirin and Hugh R. Manes as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Delbert E. Wong, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

The Christian Nationalist Party brought this action against the Secretary of State to secure a declaration as to the validity of section 2540 of the Elections Code, which prescribes the requirements to be met by a political party before it may participate in a primary election. Gerald L.K. Smith and Charles F. Robertson, members of the party who were its candidates for president and vice president in 1956, are...

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