Reynolds v. City & County of San Francisco

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

Respondent, Raymond J. Reynolds, desiring to continue in office as a judge of the municipal court, paid a filing fee in the sum of $346.05 upon presenting his candidacy papers to the registrar of voters. The fee was paid by respondent without protest.

Thereafter, on May 31, 1974, the Supreme Court of California in Donovan v. Brown (1974) 11 Cal.3d 571 [115 Cal.Rptr. 41, 524 P.2d 137], and later in Knoll v. Davidson (1974) 12 Cal.3d 335 [116 Cal.Rptr. 97, 525 P.2d 1273], declared unconstitutional Elections Code sections 6551, 6552, 6553, 6554 and 6555, under which the filing…