Opinion

Thompson v. Mellon

9 Cal. 3d 96
107 Cal. Rptr. 20
507 P.2d 628
65 A.L.R. 3d 1029
1973 Cal. LEXIS 178

Court: California Supreme Court
Filed: Mar 16, 1973
Status: Published
Author: Wright
On the bench: Sullivan, Wright, Molinari, Mosk, Burke
Cited by: 41 cases

two-year durational residency requirement for city councilmen

How later courts described this case

two-year durational residency requirement for city councilmen
two-year residency requirement for city council
two years for city council

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

WRIGHT, C. J., and MOLINARI, J. *

We concur in the judgment

insofar as it holds that the two-year durational residence requirement prescribed by section 602 of the Santa Cruz City Charter is invalid as it denies to petitioner the equal protection of the laws.

Assigned by the Chairman of the Judicial Council.

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