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GERBERDING v. MUNRO

No. 65059-4.

949 P.2d 1366 (1998)

134 Wash.2d 188

William GERBERDING; Kemper Freeman, Jr.; Common Cause of Washington; Association of Washington Cities; Paul Sutley; Shirley Doty; Timothy Kaufman-Osborn; Arthur Siegal; Tom Gregory; Ida Ballasiotes; Bob McCaslin; Alex Deccio; Valoria Loveland; Helen Sommers; and Marlin Appelwick, Petitioners, v. Ralph MUNRO, Secretary of State; and Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, Respondents, U.S. Term Limits, Inc.; Citizens for Leaders with Ethics and Accountability Now, Inc. (CLEAN), Respondents/Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent D. Boger, Robin L. Rivett, Deborah La Fetra, Sacramento, CA, amicus curiae for Pacific Legal Foundation.

Perkins, Coie, David Burman, Nancy Day, Seattle, for Petitioners.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, James Pharris, Jeffrey Even, Anne Egeler, Assistant Attorneys General, Olympia, Marten & Brown, Stimson Bullitt, Appel & Glueck, William Glueck, Seattle, for Respondents.

TALMADGE, Justice.

We are asked in this original action for a writ of mandamus to evaluate the constitutionality of those portions of Initiative 573 (the Term Limits Law) effectively placing term limits on certain state constitutional officers. Initiative 573 prevents individuals who have held state legislative seats or certain state constitutional offices1 for a prescribed period of time from...

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