Gilbert v. John Chiang, as State Controller, etc.

Opinion

RYLAARSDAM, Acting P. J.

Article VI, section 17 of the California Constitution (Section 17) states, in pertinent part: “A judge of a court of record may not practice law and during the term for which the judge was selected is ineligible for public employment or public office other than judicial employment or judicial office . . . .”

Arthur Gilbert is the Presiding Justice of the Second Appellate District, Division Six. He filed this action to obtain a determination that Section 17 would not render him ineligible for other public office or public employment if he resigned from his…