CITY OF LAS VEGAS v. ACKERMAN

No. 5886.

457 P.2d 525 (1969)

CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Nevada, a Municipal Corporation, Oran K. Gragson, Mayor, Philip M. Mirabelli, S. Grant Stewart, James Corey and Wesley G. Howery, Board of commissioners, Appellants, v. John ACKERMAN, Ronald Anderson, Ralph Arnts, Judith Ballew, Billy D. Barber, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 31, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney R. Whitmore, Las Vegas City Attorney, Las Vegas, for appellants.

I.R. Ashleman, Harry J. Mangrum, Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

BATJER, Justice:

On July 11, 1968, five residents who were also electors in Las Vegas, Nevada, presented an affidavit stating that they would constitute the petitioners' committee for the purpose of circulating an initiative petition. Thereafter, a petition bearing approximately 11,500 signatures was submitted to the city clerk. On August 30, 1968, the city clerk certified that there were the required number of signatures affixed to the petition, and...

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