Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
October 6, 2023
Lamar Company v. Spokane County Board of County Commissioners (Fred Van Sickle, E.D. Wash. 2:02-cv-326)
The district court ruled that it was not improper for a county to put on the general-election ballot an advisory question on curtailing roadside billboards.
Hyman v. City of Salem (Thomas S. Kleeh, N.D. W. Va. 1:19-cv-75)
A district judge enjoined removal of a marijuana decriminalization initiative from a city’s ballot as content-based discretion to remove an initiative that might be in conflict with state law.
Progressive Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Georgia Secretary of State (Mark H. Cohen, N.D. Ga. 1:20-cv-3877)
A pro se motion to enjoin an imminent special election was unsuccessful for failure to show any entitlement to relief.