County of Alameda v. Espinoza

This case comes before this court for hearing and decision pursuant to an order granting transfer following certification by the appellate department of the superior court that such transfer appears necessary to settle important questions of law. (Cal. Const., art. VI, § 4e; Code Civ. Proe., § 988t; and Cal. Rules of Court, rules 61-65.) The question presented is stated to be “whether Section 903 of the Welfare and Institutions Code 1 is unconstitutional in that it denies defendant-respondent herein equal protection of the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States…