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DEAN v. KUCHEL

Docket No. Sac. 6186.

37 Cal.2d 97 (1951)

230 P.2d 811

JAMES S. DEAN, as Director of the Department of Finance et al., Petitioners, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 4, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Richardson, Ralph N. Kleps, Legislative Counsel, Chas. W. Johnson, Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel, and Joseph W. Paulucci, Deputy Legislative Counsel, for Petitioners.

Edwin J. Regan, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Bert W. Levit, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Ralph W. Scott and W.R. Augustine, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

Robert L. Mann, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

CARTER, J.

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