REES v. LAYTON

Docket Nos. 34935, 34947, 34997.

6 Cal.App.3d 815 (1970)

86 Cal. Rptr. 268

THOMAS M. REES et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. REX E. LAYTON, as City Clerk, etc., Defendant and Appellant. MAURICE D. RUTLEDGE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. REX E. LAYTON, as City Clerk, etc., Defendant and Appellant. CHRISTINA J. NEW, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. REX E. LAYTON, as City Clerk, etc., Defendant and Appellant. (Consolidated Cases.)

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and Claude E. Hilker, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendant and Appellant.

Christina J. New, in pro. per., David M. Rothman, Barnet M. Cooperman and Stanley Rogers for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

SCHWEITZER, J.

These three cases present the identical question, the validity of section 91 of the Election Code of the City of Los Angeles,1 and have therefore been consolidated for purposes of appellate review. Section 91 of the city's Election Code provides in part: "A candidate who is running for the same elective office which he then holds shall...

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