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CARSON v. MYERS

SC S44509 (control), S44510, S44511.

951 P.2d 700 (1998)

326 Or. 248

Jann CARSON, Petitioner, v. Hardy MYERS, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent. Roger GRAY, James Sager and Alice Dale, Petitioners, v. Hardy MYERS, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent, and Bill Sizemore, Intervenor. Bill SIZEMORE, Petitioner, v. Hardy MYERS, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea R. Meyer, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner Jann Carson.

Monica A. Smith, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners Roger Gray, James Sager, and Alice Dale. The petition was filed by Paul B. Gamson, Portland, and Lynn-Marie Crider, Salem.

Gregory W. Byrne, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner Bill Sizemore.

John T. Bagg, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the responses were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General.

GILLETTE, Justice.

These three ballot title review proceedings are consolidated for purposes of argument and opinion. The petitioners in each proceeding have challenged the legal sufficiency of one or more parts of a ballot title certified by the Attorney General for Ballot Measure 40 (the proposed measure).1 For the reasons that follow, we modify the Attorney General's ballot title in certain respects and, as modified, certify it.

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