# Thompson v. Mellon

> California Supreme Court · March 16, 1973 · 9 Cal. 3d 96

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9538894

## Case

- **Full name:** JAMES C. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. ANGELE MELLON, as City Clerk, Etc., Respondent
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 16, 1973
- **Citations:** 9 Cal. 3d 96; 107 Cal. Rptr. 20; 507 P.2d 628; 65 A.L.R. 3d 1029; 1973 Cal. LEXIS 178
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wright
- **Judges:** Sullivan, Wright, Molinari, Mosk, Burke
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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