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ROBBINS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24599.

38 Cal.3d 199 (1985)

695 P.2d 695

211 Cal. Rptr. 398

ARTHUR ROBBINS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Melinda R. Bird, Marilyn K. Katz, Alan Rader, Jeffery Ogata, Roberta Ranstrom, Eugene T. Moriguchi and Katherine Meiss for Petitioners.

Rocky Unruh, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz, Margo Anne Feinberg, Nancy Reardan, John Huerta and Linda Wong as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

L.B. Elam, County Counsel, J. Steven Burris and Lilly C. Frawley, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Parties in Interest.

Kenneth L. Nelson, County Counsel (Santa Barbara), Marvin Levine, Chief Assistant County Counsel, Ronald A. Zumbrun, John H. Findley, Timothy D. Taron, Hefner, Stark & Marois, Richard J. Moore, County Counsel (Alameda), and Lorenzo E. Chambliss, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Does a county violate Welfare and Institutions Code section 17000 et seq. or the California Constitution when it requires its residents who are single, employable and eligible for general assistance benefits to live in a county facility in lieu of cash benefits?

I.

Petitioners (plaintiffs) are 20 single, employable residents of the County of Sacramento...

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