Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Levin v. County of Santa Clara
California Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 1951No. S. F. 18149PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarter, J.
The trial court invalidated a charter adopted by defendant, Santa Clara County (Stats. 1949, Cone. & Joint Resol., ch. 156, p. 3294) pursuant to section 7% of article XI of the Constitution on the ground that the publication of the charter prior to the vote thereon was faulty.
A charter may be adopted by a county by following specified procedure set forth in the Constitution. After a board of freeholders has been elected and drafted a proposed charter, the county board of supervisors “shall thereupon cause said proposed charter to be published for at least 10 times in a daily newspaper of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- County of Alameda v. SweeneyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
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