Anderson

Emmett Anderson and Ruth Ellen Anderson filed a “Petition for Writ of Mandate Or Other Appropriate Relief” in the Superior Court, County of El Dorado, praying that the court direct the respondents (in particular, the El Dorado County Department of . Welfare) to cease and desist from violating rules and regulations of the State Department of Social Welfare and the equal protection clauses of the federal and state Constitutions.

Petitioners since 1962 have been duly licensed operators of a home for aged persons, pursuant to a license issued by the State Department of Social Welfare. 1 The department is authorized by section 16201 of said code to make such rules and regulations as it deems best for the government of such institutions. In their suit, petitioners contend that the statutory provisions governing licensed homes for the aged, and the rules and regulations promulgated .thereunder, imposed some sort of affirmative duty on .the part of the respondents towards operators of the homes, and that the local welfare department had adopted a wilful course of conduct depriving petitioners of their rights. Judgment was entered for respondents and the petition was denied.

Petitioners…