Legal Opinion
Boucher v. Engstrom
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1974No. 2232 and 2249PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
Lieutenant Governor Boucher and the State of Alaska appeal from a superior court decision enjoining placement on the primary ballot of an initiative proposal to relocate the state capital.
The right to propose and enact laws by the initiative is reserved to the people of the State of Alaska by Article XI, Section 1 of the Alaska Constitution which provides :
The people may propose and enact laws by the initiative, and approve or reject acts of the legislature by the referendum.
Pursuant to Section 6 of this article, the legislature enacted procedures for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bowe v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Bridgewater v. HotzIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- County of Cameron v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- DeArmond v. Alaska State Development CorporationAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
- Coyle v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Trustees for Alaska v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
- McAlpine v. University of AlaskaAlaska Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. LewisAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- Citizens Coalition for Tort Reform, Inc. v. McAlpineAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Thomas v. BaileyAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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