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THOMPSON v. MELLON

Docket No. S.F. 22984.

9 Cal.3d 96 (1973)

507 P.2d 628

107 Cal. Rptr. 20

JAMES C. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. ANGELE MELLON, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 16, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wyckoff, Miller & Comstock and Robert B. Yonts, Jr., for Petitioner.

Rodney R. Atchison, City Attorney, for Respondent.

OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

This proceeding for a writ of mandate challenges the constitutionality of a provision of the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz which prescribes a two-year durational residence requirement for candidates for the office of city councilman. We have concluded that this provision violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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