State Ex Rel. Brant v. Beermann

Relators, by leave of this court, filed an original action seeking a writ of mandamus requiring that the Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska file relators’ initiative petition and that the subject of the initiative petition, as a proposed law, be placed on the ballot for the general election in November 1984.

*633Anticipating relators’ filing their proposed initiative petition, and equipped with a copy of the proposed petition, the Secretary of State sought advice from the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, that is, whether the Secretary of State was required to file the copy of…