Thompson v. Mellon
California Supreme Court
Wyckoff, Miller & Comstock and Robert B. Yonts, Jr., for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
This proceeding for a writ of mandate challenges the constitutionality of a provision of the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz which prescribes a two-year durational residence requirement for candidates for the office of city councilman. We have concluded that this provision violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
*98The petition alleges in substance the following facts. Petitioner James C. Thompson has resided in Santa Cruz County since 1966, has practiced law in the City of Santa Cruz since September 1966, but has…
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