DEL MONTE v. WILSON

Docket No. S021805.

1 Cal.4th 1009 (1992)

824 P.2d 632

4 Cal. Rptr.2d 826

CHARLES DEL MONTE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PETE WILSON, as Governor, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Litt & Stormer, Hadsell & Stormer, Barbara Hadsell, John T. McTernan, Panayata Nanopoulos, Miller & Walter, Nora Quinn, Jeffrey Erlich and Paul Steven Miller for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Howell Y. Jackson, Arnulfo Hernandez, Jr., Douglas C. Wills and Charles G. Bates for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J. —

I

We are to decide whether the distribution of veterans' benefits conditioned on California residency at a fixed point in the past violates the federal constitutional right to equal protection of the laws. We conclude that we are constrained by recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court to hold the statutes providing for such a distribution are unconstitutional.

II

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