WOODS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24152.

28 Cal.3d 668 (1981)

620 P.2d 1032

170 Cal. Rptr. 484

MARION J. WOODS, as Director, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BUTTE COUNTY, Respondent; JULIA SEIBERT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, N. Eugene Hill and Richard M. Skinner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Daniel L. Siegel, Michael R. Bush and Alan Lieberman for Real Parties in Interest

Andrea Saltzman, William Marlin, Phyllis E. Andelin and Thomas W. Pulliam, Jr., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Victoria J. De Goff as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

We have concluded that a decision of the Director (petitioner) of the Department of Social Services denying benefits to real parties in interest below (applicants) pursuant to an assertedly invalid regulation may be reviewed by administrative mandamus. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5; unless otherwise indicated subsequent statutory references are to this code.) Accordingly...

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