RUDEEN v. CENARRUSA

Nos. 26975, 26976.

38 P.3d 598 (2001)

136 Idaho 560

Kent RUDEEN, Power County Commissioner; Valerie Hoybjerg, Power County Commissioner; Ken Estep, Power County Commissioner; Douglas Glascok, Power County Assessor; Paul Laggis, Power County Prosecuting Attorney; Howard A. Sprague, Power County Sheriff; Bobbie J. Mauch, Power County Treasurer; Bud Kelly, Power County Coroner; John Cotant, Mayor of the City of Chubbuck; Jack Buell, Benewah County Commissioner; John Dyer, Boise County Commissioner; Robert S. Fort, Twin Falls County Clerk; Harley Hinshaw, Valley County Assessor; Brent R. Bunn, Bear Lake County Sheriff; Marilyn Frasier, Gem County Treasurer; Walt Femling, Blaine County Sheriff; Philip A. Brown, Gooding County Prosecuting Attorney; Duane Smith, Minidoka County Clerk; Kirk Hansen, Mayor of Soda Springs; Howard Allen, Twin Falls City Councilman; Armand Eckert, School Board Trustee, School District No. 412 Buhl; and Vern Newby, School Board Trustee, School District No. 271, Coeur d'Alene, each named individually and not in an official capacity, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Pete CENARRUSA, Secretary of State, Christine Steinlicht, Power County Clerk; Kay Sather, Benewah County Clerk; Rora A. Canody, Boise County Clerk; Susan Howard, Gem County Clerk; Leland G. Heinrich, Valley County Clerk; Joan P. Eborn, Bear Lake County Clerk; Marsha Reimann, Blaine County Clerk; Helen Edwards, Gooding County Clerk; Priscilla Bolton, Twin Falls County Deputy Clerk; Lola Clark, Minidoka County Deputy Clerk, Ron Conlin, Chubbuck City Clerk; Tausha Vorwaller, Soda Springs City Clerk; Sharon Bryan, Twin Falls Deputy City Clerk; Dr. Dan Nofziger, Clerk for School District No. 412 and Fran Bischof, Clerk for School District No. 271, each named in his or her official capacity and not as individuals, Defendants, and Citizens for Term Limits, Intervenor-Appellant, and Bruce Newcomb; Wayne Hurst; Robert L. Geddes; and Rhett M. Price, Invervenors-Respondents. Kent Rudeen, Power County Commissioner; Valerie Hoybjerg, Power County Commissioner; Ken Estep, Power County Commissioner; Douglas Glascok, Power County Assessor; Paul Laggis, Power County Prosecuting Attorney; Howard A. Sprague, Power County Sheriff; Bobbie J. Mauch, Power County Treasurer; Bud Kelly, Power County Coroner; John Cotant, Mayor of the City of Chubbuck; Jack Buell, Benewah County Commissioner; John Dyer, Boise County Commissioner; Robert S. Fort, Twin Falls County Clerk; Harley Hinshaw, Valley County Assessor; Brent R. Bunn, Bear Lake County Sheriff; Marilyn Frasier, Gem County Treasurer; Walt Femling, Blaine County Sheriff; Philip A. Brown, Gooding County Prosecuting Attorney; Duane Smith, Minidoka County Clerk; Kirk Hansen, Mayor of Soda Springs; Howard Allen, Twin Falls City Councilman; Armand Eckert, School Board Trustee, School District No. 412 Buhl; and Vern Newby, School Board Trustee, School District No. 271, Coeur d'Alene, each named individually and not in an official capacity, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Pete Cenarrusa, Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellant, and Christine Steinlicht, Power County Clerk; Kay Sather, Benewah County Clerk, Rora A. Canody, Boise County Clerk; Susan Howard, Gem County Clerk; Leland G. Heinrich, Valley County Clerk; Joan P. Eborn, Bear Lake County Clerk; Marsha Reimann, Blaine County Clerk; Helen Edwards, Gooding County Clerk; Priscilla Bolton, Twin Falls County Deputy Clerk; Lola Clark, Minidoka County Deputy Clerk; Ron Conlin, Chubbuck City Clerk; Tausha Vorwaller, Soda Springs City Clerk; Sharon Bryan, Twin Falls Deputy City Clerk; Dr. Dan Nofziger, Clerk for School District No. 412 and Fran Bischof, Clerk for School District No. 271, each named in his or her official capacity and not as individuals, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, November 2001 Term.

December 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General, Boise, for appellant State of Idaho. James D. Carlson, Deputy Attorney General, argued.

Paine Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Coeur d'Alene; Stephen J. Safranek, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for intervenor-appellant Citizens For Term Limits. Stephen J. Safranek argued.

Jerry D. Mason, Coeur d'Alene; Scott W. Reed, Coeur d'Alene, for respondents Rudeen, et al., Scott W. Reed argued.

Dennis C. Colson, Moscow; Clements, Brown & McNichols, Lewiston, for intervenor-respondents Newcomb, et al., Dennis C. Colson argued.


TROUT, Chief Justice.

Appellants appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents Kent Rudeen, et al. (Rudeen), which found the Idaho Term Limits Act of 1994 unconstitutional. We reverse.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

An initiative establishing term limits for elected "federal, state, county, municipal and school district officials" (Term Limits Act) appeared on the ballot at the general election held...

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