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RIVERTON CITIZENS FOR CONST. GOV'T v. BECKSTEAD

No. 17296.

631 P.2d 885 (1981)

RIVERTON CITIZENS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, a Utah corporation; Gaylord Johnson; Christine Savage; Joe Mascarro; and Lowell White, as Mayor of Riverton City and individually, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Don BECKSTEAD; Steve Brooks; Curtis Collard; Ove Christensen, individually and as Council Members of the City of Riverton; the City of Riverton; and Salt Lake County, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Hisatake, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Stewart M. Hanson, Jr., David R. Olsen, Ted L. Cannon, Donald Sawaya, Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.

OAKS, Justice:

In this appeal, we are called upon to construe the statutory requirements for a referendum on a city ordinance.

On March 4, 1980, the Riverton City Council, defendants in this action, passed an ordinance establishing the city manager form of government. On about March 27, 1980, opponents of that measure, plaintiffs in this action, submitted referendum petitions to the office of the Riverton City Recorder...

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