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COMMON CAUSE v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Docket No. S001833.

49 Cal.3d 432 (1989)

777 P.2d 610

261 Cal. Rptr. 574

COMMON CAUSE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

De Witt W. Clinton, Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., Philip H. Hickok, Sidley & Austin, Charles S. Vogel and Lori Huff Dillman for Defendants and Appellants.

Daniel J. Popel, Paul D. Kamenar, Marianne Mele Hall, Phillip D. Mink, Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso and Jonathan M. Coupal as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, Dennis M. Perluss, Linda J. Wong, Richard Fajardo, Roy M. Ulrich, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Paul L. Hoffman, William J. Genego, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan Schlosser and Edward Chen for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marian M. Johnston, Deputy Attorney General, R. Samuel Paz, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bradley S. Phillips and Felicia A. Marcus as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

The Registrar-Recorder, County Clerk, and Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles (collectively referred to as County), appeal from the granting of a preliminary mandatory injunction requiring them to deputize as voting registrars certain county employees who have frequent contact with low-income and minority citizens. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order. We reverse.

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