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Oregon Supreme Court· 6/25/1998

Armatta v. Kitzhaber

Citations

  • 959 P.2d 49
  • 327 Or. 250
  • 1998 Ore. LEXIS 538

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding Ballot Measure 40 unconstitutional as enacted in violation of the “separate-vote” requirement of Article XVII, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution
  • beginning inquiry concerning ballot measure by identifying changes that it would have made to existing constitution
  • explaining origins, meaning, and interrelationship of Article IV, section l(2)(d), and Article XVII, section 1
  • one purpose of the 1968 amendment was to “ ‘clean-up’ parts of the constitution, by repealing obsolete provisions and by combining the various initiative and referendum powers held by the people into one part of the constitution”
  • setting out text of 1859 version of Article XVII
  • discussing the 1906 amendment to Article XVII, section 1

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Judges: Carson, Gillette, Van Hoomissen, Durham, Kulongoski, Leeson

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