Legal Opinion
St. John v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 5, 1978No. Civ. 20037PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRIS, J.
Petitioner, William E. St. John, County Clerk of the County of Orange and ex officio Clerk of the Superior Court of Orange County, seeks a peremptory writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to vacate its adoption of, and refrain from implementing, Orange County Superior Court rule 9, section 3.
On August 25, 1977, respondent court, purporting to act pursuant to authority granted by Government Code section 69898, subdivisions (c) and (d), adopted rule 9, effective October 1, 1977. On September 29, 1977, implementation of section 3 of rule 9 was suspended, subject to…
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