State ex rel. Mandatory Bussing v. Brooks

Petitioners filed recall charges in King County against all seven members of the Seattle School Board. Defendants, King County election officials, refused to issue ballot synopses on the ground that the charges are not legally sufficient to support recall. Petitioners thereupon commenced this action for a writ of mandamus compelling issuance of the ballot synopses. In response, defendants assert the legal insufficiency of the charges and, as an- affirmative defense, that issuance of the requested synopses *123in the present circumstances would amount to “state action” violative of the equal…