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PADILLA v. ALLISON

Docket No. 41657.

38 Cal.App.3d 784 (1974)

113 Cal. Rptr. 582

ADELINA PADILLA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JAMES S. ALLISON, as Registrar-Recorder, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

April 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Terry J. Hatter Jr., Peter D. Roos, Philip L. Goar, Joel I. Edelman and Ronald L. Sievers for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Iver E. Skjeie, Assistant Attorney General, Henry G. Ullerich, Deputy Attorney General, John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Edward H. Gaylord and Joe Ben Hudgens, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

STEPHENS, J.

Appellants brought an action in the superior court in which they sought a declaratory judgment that California's requirement of United States citizenship as a prerequisite for voting is, as applied to them, a denial of the equal protection of the law. The trial court sustained respondents' demurrers without leave to amend on the ground that appellants' complaint failed to state a cause of action. Appellants appeal...

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