Brown v. Curb

Opinion

MANUEL, J.

In these consolidated cases we examine the gubernatorial powers of the Lieutenant Governor during the Governor’s absence from the state and the powers of the Governor to rescind or revoke pri- or acts of the Lieutenant Governor. The dispute involves the Lieutenant Governor’s appointment of a presiding justice of the Court of Appeal while the Governor was out of the state and the Governor’s withdrawal of that appointment and substitution of his own appointee after his return to the state, As hereafter developed, we conclude that the Lieutenant Governor has authority to…