RITTENBAND v. CORY

Docket No. A018991.

159 Cal.App.3d 410 (1984)

205 Cal. Rptr. 576

LAURENCE J. RITTENBAND et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. KENNETH CORY, as State Controller, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

August 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Feldman, Waldman & Kline, Richard L. Jaeger, Paul J. Dion, Deborah M. Lauter, Levine, Krom & Unger and Leonard Unger for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Eugene Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Harold Teasdale and Caren C. Dorshkind, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KLINE, P.J.

This case presents a constitutional challenge to the use of age as a proxy for judicial competence.

Plaintiffs, who are California judges suing on behalf of themselves and all other judges similarly situated,1 appeal from a judgment upholding the constitutionality of article 3.6 of the Judges' Retirement Law (Gov. Code, §...

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