WENKE v. HITCHCOCK

Docket No. L.A. 29970.

6 Cal.3d 746 (1972)

493 P.2d 1154

100 Cal. Rptr. 290

WILLIAM F. WENKE, Petitioner, v. DAVID G. HITCHCOCK, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William F. Wenke, in pro. per., Wenke, Kemble & Burge, Gary L. Taylor and John R. Schilling for Petitioner.

Adrian Kuyper, County Counsel, and Victor T. Bellerue, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing respondent David G. Hitchcock, as registrar of voters, to issue to petitioner, and to accept from petitioner for filing, nomination papers for the office of Supervisor of the First Supervisorial District of Orange County. For reasons set forth infra, we have concluded that petitioner is qualified to be a candidate for such office and that, therefore, the writ...

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