BELL v. CITY OF KELLOGG

Nos. 89-35685, 89-35686 and 90-35368.

922 F.2d 1418 (1991)

Guy Stuart BELL, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers, citizens and electors of the City of Kellogg, Plaintiff-Appellant, and William H. Lamphere, on behalf of himself and all other state and federal taxpayers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF KELLOGG; United States Department of Agriculture Division of Forest Service; Bunker Limited Partnership; Charles L.A. Cox, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Stuart Bell, Kellogg, Idaho, pro se.

William H. Lamphere, Whitesboro, N.Y., pro se.

John O. Cossell, Wallace, Idaho, Charles L.A. Cox, Evans, Keane, Koontz, Boyd, Simko & Ripley, Kellogg, Idaho, Nancy A. Pohlman, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; D. Marc Haws, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The two pro se appellants before us are unhappy with the results of a local tax levy election. Federal court is not a forum for airing discontent with the electorate's political decisions. We affirm the district court's dismissal of this action for lack of standing and for failure to meet state statutory requirements for contesting an election.

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