Colorado Project-Common Cause v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

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

• striking down as “a limitation not authorized by the constitution” a statutory requirement that signing and circulation of petitions must be by registered electors rather than qualified electors as specified in the constitution
• initiative provisions of the constitution reserve to the people the power to ensure consideration of particular laws independent of action by the General Assembly
• constitutional provisions should be read in para materia with pertinent controlling statutes on the same subject matter
• constitutional provisions should be read in pari materia with pertinent controlling statutes on the same subject matter
• court must read constitutional and statutory provisions relating to same subject matter in pari materia
• \[Initiative provisions] must be liberally construed to effectuate their purpose and to facilitate the exercise by electors of this most important right reserved to them by the constitution.\

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Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Committee for Better Health Care for All Colorado Citizens v. Meyer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-04-20· cited 83×
• Margolis v. District Court in & for the County of Arapahoe
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-12-28· cited 78×
• In Re Initiative Petition No. 314
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1980-11-25· cited 71×
• Texas Democratic Party v. Greg Abbott, Gove
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-10-14· cited 71×
• Davidson v. Sandstrom
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2004-01-26· cited 61×
• In Re Interrogatories Propounded by the Senate Concerning House Bill 1078
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1975-05-29· cited 54×
• McKee v. City of Louisville
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-09-08· cited 52×
• Urevich v. Woodard
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-07-18· cited 42×
• Loonan v. Woodley
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1994-10-24· cited 42×
• In Re Interrogatory Propounded by Governor Roy Romer on House Bill 91S-1005
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1991-07-11· cited 39×
• In Re: Second Initiated Constitutional Amendment Respecting Rights of the Public to Uninterrupted Service by Public Employees of 1980
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-06-23· cited 36×
• Buckley v. Chilcutt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-11-23· cited 27×
• Passarelli v. Schoettler
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-10-05· cited 23×
• City of Glendale v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-04-24· cited 21×
• Duprey v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-01-28· cited 20×
• Billings v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1976-10-20· cited 20×
• Clark v. City of Aurora
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-11-13· cited 17×
• MacGuire v. Houston
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-04-21· cited 15×
• State of Nevada Employees Ass'n v. Lau
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 10×
• Zaner v. City of Brighton
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-06-30· cited 9×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Oregon v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1970-12-21· cited 575×
• Jolicoeur v. Mihaly
  California Supreme Court· 1971-08-27· cited 63×
• Yenter v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1952-08-27· cited 46×
• Burks v. City of Lafayette
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1960-02-29· cited 29×
• Town of Lyons v. City of Longmont
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1912-09-15· cited 25×
• Baker v. Bosworth
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1950-09-14· cited 16×
• Colorado Project-Common Cause v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1972-03-09· cited 15×
• Doherty v. Meisser
  New York Supreme Court· 1971-05-12· cited 3×

Other cases named Colorado Project-Common Cause v. Anderson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Colorado Project-Common Cause v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1972-03-09· cited 15×