STUMPF v. LAU

No. 23517.

839 P.2d 120 (1992)

Felix F. STUMPF, Faun Dixon, and Donald Carlson, Petitioners, v. Cheryl A. LAU, in her Capacity as Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bible, Hoy, Trachok, Wadhams & Zive, Hamilton & Lynch, Reno, Richard E. Thornley, Carson City. John Calvin Jeffries, Jr., Charlottesville, Va., for petitioners.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Kateri Cavin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for respondent.

Susan Quig-Terry, Las Vegas, for Nevadans for Term Limits.


OPINION

By the Court, SPRINGER, Vice-Chief Justice:

On August 19, 1992, this court issued an alternative writ of mandamus to the Secretary of State ordering the Secretary either to remove from the November ballot an initiative proposal that seeks to place limits on the number of terms a United States Congressman or Senator from Nevada may serve, or show cause why the proposal should not be rejected.1 The writ

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