LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners,
v.
ED REINECKE, as Lieutenant Governor, etc., et al., Respondents. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., as Secretary of State, etc., Petitioner,
v.
RONALD REAGAN, as Governor, etc., Respondent. THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Petitioners,
v.
RONALD REAGAN, as Governor, etc., et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court of California. In Bank.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 18, 1972.
January 18, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
George H. Murphy, Legislative Counsel, Clinton J. deWitt, Deputy Legislative Counsel, and Herman F. Selvin for Petitioners in No. 7917.
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Daniel Hays Lowenstein and Philip Neumark for Petitioner in No. 7919 and for Respondent Secretary of State in Nos. 7917 and 7923.
Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel, Thomas H. Kuchel and Frank Rothman for Petitioners in No. 7923.
Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Robert Burton, Assistant Attorney General, and J.M. Sanderson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent in No. 7919 and for certain Respondents in Nos. 7917 and 7923.
John V. Diepenbrock for Respondent Lieutenant Governor.
Robert S. Daggett, Richards, Watson & Dreyfuss, Glenn R. Watson, Robert N. Joehnck, Halley & Cornell, James W. Halley, David J. Levy, City Attorney (Pinole and Concord), James P. O'Drain, City Attorney (Richmond), Samuel V. McGrath, Deputy City Attorney, LaFollette, Johnson, Horgan & Robinson, James Dexter Clark, Chinello, Chinello & Maddy, Kenneth L. Maddy, Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr., Seth M. Hufstedler, John L. Burton, Putnam Livermore, Tinning & Delap, Austin R. Gibbons, David E. Schricker, City Attorney (Redwood City), John J. Gottes, City Attorney (South Gate), John Philip Coghlan, John D. Maharg, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Edward H. Gaylord, Assistant County Counsel, Ray T. Sullivan, Jr., County Counsel (Riverside), Richard W. Dickenson, County Counsel (San Joaquin), Monroe N. Langdon, City Attorney (Stockton), Paul F. Mordy, Assistant City Attorney, Theodore R. Bresler, Deputy City Attorney, Keith C. Sorenson, District Attorney (San Mateo), and James M. Parmelee, Deputy City Attorney, on behalf of other interested parties.
Supreme Court of California. In Bank.
OPINION
WRIGHT, C.J.
In these mandate proceedings we are called upon to resolve the impasse created by the failure to date of the Legislature to pass legislative and congressional reapportionment bills acceptable to the Governor in time for the upcoming 1972 primary and general elections. For the reasons hereafter stated we have concluded that there is now no practical alternative available...
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