Legal Opinion
Wilks v. Mouton
California Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 1986No. S.F. 24814PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.*
Appellants seek to invalidate a municipal incorporation election on the ground that there were irregularities in the handling of certain absentee ballots. The trial court found that there had been no violation of any mandatory provision of the Elections Code or tampering with or fraud involving the ballots, and it confirmed the passage of the incorporation measure. We agree.
On June 14, 1983, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors declared that a measure to incorporate the community of East Palo Alto had passed by a margin of 15 votes: 1,782 voters being in favor and 1,767…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Canales v. City of AlvisoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Rideout v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- Peterson v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Fair v. HernandezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
- Kenworthy v. MastCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- DeMiglio v. MashoreCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
- Roe v. Mobile County Appointment Bd.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- San Francisco Forty-Niners v. NishiokaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
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