JOHNSON v. HAMILTON

Docket No. L.A. 30401.

15 Cal.3d 461 (1975)

541 P.2d 881

125 Cal. Rptr. 129

WAYNE CLARKE JOHNSON et al., Petitioners, v. ELAINE HAMILTON, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gottlieb, Gottlieb & Stein, Arthur J. Gottlieb and Karl Manheim for Petitioners.

Fred Okrand as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Leonard Putnam, City Attorney, and Arthur Y. Honda, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

This case invites our inquiry into an area that has been well illuminated by several recent opinions of this court. The issue presented is the constitutionality of two provisions of the Charter of the City of Long Beach which impose residence requirements upon candidates for city office. We have concluded that the provisions are invalid as violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...

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