State Ex Rel. Boyer v. Grady

Relators and appellees, voters and residents of the City of North Platte, Nebraska, filed a petition for mandamus in the District Court for Lincoln County, seeking to require respondent Richard L. Grady, the city clerk of North Platte, to certify signatures on initiative petitions and submit an ordinance proposed in the initiative petitions to the voters of North Platte at a special or general election. Respondent denied that he was required by law to certify the signatures on initiative petitions or submit the proposed ordinance to the voters. Relators moved for summary judgment, which was…