People ex rel. Superior Court v. Robinson

Opinion

EVANS, J.

This dispute arose after the 1984 primary and general elections *336and involves the interpretation of Elections Code section 253041 and California Constitution, article VI, section 16.

In January 1983, the Governor appointed defendant, Mark Robinson, as a judge of the Orange County Superior Court. Thereafter, defendant filed his declaration of candidacy and nomination papers for the June 1984 primary election. Twenty days after the final date for filing nomination papers, no other candidates had filed nomination papers nor had any write-in candidate petitions been filed for the…