Legal Opinion
Steiner v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 26, 1996No. Docket Nos. G019753, G019808PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WALLIN, J.
William Steiner and Roger Stanton petition for writs of mandate/prohibition, 1 contending the trial court erroneously overruled their objections to the accusations filed against them pursuant to Government Code section 3060. 2 We grant the writs.
The district attorney seeks to unseat Steiner and Stanton as Orange County supervisors. He took this action under section 3060 after another elected official, County Treasurer Robert Citron, made speculative high-stakes financial investments, which suffered a precipitous downturn and plummeted the county into bankruptcy.
The district…
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