BARRETT v. HITE

Docket No. L.A. 27736.

61 Cal.2d 103 (1964)

389 P.2d 944

37 Cal. Rptr. 320

NEWELL BARRETT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BENJAMIN S. HITE, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Edward H. Gaylord, Assistant County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

The plaintiffs in this action for declaratory relief are judges of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. Each of them was appointed to that office by the Governor since the last primary or general election, none of them has ever been elected by a vote of the electors, and each is a candidate to succeed himself in office at the primary election to be held on June 2, 1964. The action was brought to determine whether the names of incumbent judges...

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