OTSUKA v. HITE

Docket No. L.A. 28537.

64 Cal.2d 596 (1966)

414 P.2d 412

51 Cal. Rptr. 284

KATSUKI JAMES OTSUKA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BENJAMIN S. HITE, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Richard W. Petherbridge for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

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


MOSK, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment which upholds a refusal of defendant, Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, to register plaintiffs as voters. (Elec. Code, § 350.)

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