Knoll v. Davidson

12 Cal.3d 335 (1974)

525 P.2d 1273

116 Cal. Rptr. 97

[*]SANDY KNOLL, Petitioner,

v.

RENE C. DAVIDSON, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Respondent.

Docket No. S.F. 22904.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 15, 1974.

COUNSEL

Marjorie Gelb, Clifford Sweet, Vernon W. Salvador, William R. Petrocelli and John H. Erickson for Petitioner.

Richard J. Moore, County Counsel, and James E. Jefferis, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.

OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

We deal here with vital and sensitive questions involving the rights of candidates for public office and the remedies invocable to preserve such rights…