PEBBLE LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. Parnell

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court ruled that a proposed initiative relating to the regulation of large scale metallic mineral mines was constitutionally and statutorily permissible and could appear on the ballot. The parties challenging the initiative appealed that ruling, asserting that the initiative (1) would violate the constitutional prohibition against initiatives that would appropriate public assets, (2) would enact constitutionally impermissible special legislation, and (8) is invalid because its summary and cost statements are defective. Shortly after oral…