Legal Opinion
Smith v. Evans
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1974No. Civ. 14015PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRIEDMAN, J.
This appeal involves the constitutionality of a city charter provision establishing a one-year residence requirement for city council candidates.
The petitioners, Susan Smith and Tom Lundy, commenced a superior court mandate proceeding against the Chico City Clerk. Both alleged that they had requested nomination papers to qualify as city council candidates at the municipal election to be held April 3, 1973. The clerk had refused their requests because they could not fulfill the city charter’s demand for one year’s residence preceding January 25, 1973, the closing date for…
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- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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