REA v. CITY OF RENO

No. 4382.

357 P.2d 585 (1960)

Francis C. REA, Jr., Keith Henrikson, William F. Davis, James R. Neil, Robert Cavakis, and Leslie McGinnis, Appellants, v. CITY OF RENO, Nevada, and Bud Baker, Kenneth Brown, George Carr, John Marshall, Joseph Mastroianni, Dick Dimond, and Charles Cowen, constituting the members of said Governing Body, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Bissett, Reno, for appellants.

Roy Lee Torvinen, City Atty., Reno, for respondents.


McNAMEE, Chief Justice.

The sole question necessary for decision in this appeal is whether paragraph b, subsection 1, NRS 268.010, violates Art. 19, § 3, of the Nevada Constitution.

Art. 19, sec. 3, of the Nevada Constitution provides for the initiative and reads in part as follows: "The people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws * * * and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislature. * * * The initiative and referendum...

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