SUSSLI v. CITY OF SAN MATEO

Docket No. 46085.

120 Cal.App.3d 1 (1981)

173 Cal. Rptr. 781

EUGENE SUSSLI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN MATEO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

May 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pettit & Martin, Neil H. O'Donnell, Leo F. Orenstein, Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser and Amitai Schwartz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Maurice K. Hamilton and Douglass Dang, City Attorneys, and Lyle L. Lopus, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

John M. Powers, City Attorney (Vallejo), and William R. Galstan, City Attorney (Antioch), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

Appellant Eugene Sussli was a candidate for the San Mateo City Council in an election held on March 8, 1977. Prior to the election, campaign signs supporting the candidacy of appellant and the reelection of another candidate, John Condon, were posted on public property within the city. On February 8, 1977, the city attorney sent a letter to all candidates, including Sussli, informing them that sign posting on public...

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