City of Middletown v. Ferguson

In this case the elected representatives of the citizens of Middletown, the city commissioners, carefully conceived a plan to widen and improve Manchester Road. The commissioners diligently and openly passed all necessary legislation to carry their plan to completion. Unfortunately, a significant number of citizens were opposed to the road improvement project. These citizens sought to halt the project by using their reserved initiative power. In this conflict between a city government and its citizens, we must decide whether the initiative ordinance passed by the Middletown voters…