Supreme Court of California

Court of Appeal lacks authority to entertain a second appeal in the same action, to again consider the constitutionality of a law after the state Supreme Court decision in first appeal became final.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, James Bopp, Jr.;   Reed & Davidson, Darryl R. Wold, Dana W. Reed, Bradley W. Hertzand Rondi J. Walsh, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Charles H. Bell, Jr., Santa Monica;  Law Offices of Lowell Finley and Lowell Finley, Berkeley, for California Political Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Susan R. Oie, Deputy Attorney General;  Steven G. Churchwell, Liane Randolph and Deborah Maddux Allison, for Defendant and Respondent., James K. Hahn, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Pedro Echeverria, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Mark L. Brown and Anthony Saul Alperin, Assistant City Attorneys;  Jayne W. Williams, City Attorney (Oakland);  Louise Renne, City Attorney (San Francisco);  and Joan R. Gallo, City Attorney (San Jose) for Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Richard L. Hasen, Los Angeles, for California Professors, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, CALPIRG and the Center for Governmental Studies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent., Daniel C. Manatt for Common Cause of California, League of Women Voters of California, Californians for Political Reform Foundation and Voters Rights 2000 as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.