ST. JOHN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 20037.

87 Cal.App.3d 30 (1978)

150 Cal. Rptr. 697

WILLIAM E. ST. JOHN, as County Clerk, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

December 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Adrian Kuyper, County Counsel, Robert F. Nuttman, Assistant County Counsel, and Richard D. Oviedo, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin, Ralph H. Nutter and Herman F. Selvin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Lascher & Wilner, Edward L. Lascher and Wendy Cole Wilner for Respondent.


OPINION

MORRIS, J.

Petitioner, William E. St. John, County Clerk of the County of Orange and ex officio Clerk of the Superior Court of Orange County, seeks a peremptory writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to vacate its adoption of, and refrain from implementing, Orange County Superior Court rule 9, section 3.

On August 25, 1977, respondent court, purporting to act pursuant to authority granted by Government...

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