KEVELIN v. JORDAN

Docket No. Sac. 7626.

62 Cal.2d 82 (1964)

396 P.2d 585

41 Cal. Rptr. 169

D. KEVELIN et al., Petitioners, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nossaman, Thompson, Waters & Moss, Laughlin E. Waters, Conrad J. Moss, William L. Scott and Hughes, Hubbard, Blair & Reed for Petitioners.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Charles A. Barrett, Assistant Attorney General, and James Ganulin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

Loeb & Loeb, Herman F. Selvin and Richard Ruman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


THE COURT.

In this proceeding petitioners seek a writ of mandate directing respondent Frank M. Jordan, Secretary of State of the State of California, not to file in his office a statement of the vote on Proposition 15, which was submitted to the voters at the general election on November 3, 1964. Proposition 15 is an initiative measure entitled "An Act to Preserve Free Television in California." Petitioners contend that the title of the measure is defective and that...

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