Town of Hilton Head Island v. Coalition of Expressway Opponents

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• holding an initiated ordinance defective under Article VIII, § 14, because it attempted to limit the authority granted to the Department of Highways by State law
• holding the town had no obligation to place an initiated ordinance on a referendum because the initiated ordinance was facially defective in its entirety
• the Supreme Court can render a declaratory judgment when a justiciable controversy setting legal rights of parties exists

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