PATTERSON v. MYERS

(SC S47295, S47296).

998 P.2d 677 (2000)

330 Or. 264

Edwin Eugene PATTERSON, Petitioner, v. Hardy MYERS, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent. Ellen Lowe, Petitioner, v. Hardy Myers, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Bishop, of Harrang, Long, Gary, Rudnick, P.C., Salem, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner Edwin Patterson. With him on the petitions was James E. Mountain Jr.

James Coon, of Swanson, Thomas & Coon, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner Ellen Lowe.

Rolf C. Moan, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the answering memoranda for respondent. With him on the memoranda were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.


LEESON, J.

This is a consolidated ballot title review proceeding respecting the Attorney General's certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure, denominated Initiative Petition 133 (2000). Petitioners are electors who timely submitted written comments concerning the content of the Attorney General's draft ballot title and who therefore are entitled to seek review. See ORS 250.085(2) (stating that requirement). We review the Attorney General's certified...

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