FIELD v. BOWEN

No. A129946.

199 Cal.App.4th 346 (2011)

MONA FIELD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DEBRA BOWEN, as Secretary of State, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents; ABEL MOLDONADO et al., Interveners and Respondents.

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

September 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gautam Dutta for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Zackery P. Morazzini and Mark R. Beckington , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.

Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello , Marguerite Mary Leoni and Christophe Elliott Skinnell for Interveners and Respondents.


OPINION

SIGGINS, J.

A group of voters and aspiring congressional candidates challenge the constitutionality of the open primary law, Proposition 14, approved by the voters in June 2010. Plaintiffs contest two aspects of Senate Bill No. 6, the legislation adopted to implement the proposition. (Sen. Bill No. 6 (2009-2010 Reg. Sess.); hereafter Senate Bill 6; see Legis. Counsel's Dig., Sen. Bill No. 6 (2009-2010 Reg. Sess.).) At issue are...

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