Legal Opinion
Westbrook v. Mihaly
California Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1970No. Docket Nos. S.F. 22706, 22707PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN,
J.—We are presented in these cases with a common issue: whether that portion of former article XI, section 18 ( present art. XIII, § 40) of the California Constitution which requires that general obligation bond proposals of counties, cities and school districts be approved by a two-thirds majority of the voters in a popular referendum violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The challenged section provides, in relevant part, “No county, *772city, town, township, board of education, or school district, shall incur any…
2Cases cited65 opinions
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3Cited by188 opinions
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