FARRIS v. MUNRO

No. 48806-1.

99 Wn.2d 326 (1983)

662 P.2d 821

MICHAEL P. FARRIS, Petitioner, v. RALPH MUNRO, as Secretary of State, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Farris, pro se.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Thomas R. Bjorgen, Assistant, for respondents.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

This case involves a challenge to the recently established state lottery. That challenge resulted in a petition for a writ of mandamus to declare the lottery statute unconstitutional and compel the Secretary of State to accept petitioner's filing of a proposed referendum opposing the statute. We denied the petition on the day of oral argument, concluding that the original constitutional amendment allowing lotteries, the 56th amendment, is constitutional...

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