City of Burlington v. Citizens to Protect Our Freedoms

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The City of Burlington brought this declaratory judgment action to secure a determination whether certain provisions of chapter 1088, Second Regular Session of the 64th General Assembly (1972), prohibited an election to change the city form of government. See rules 261 through 269, Rules of Civil Procedure governing declaratory judgment actions.

By an election held September 22, 1967 Burlington elected to change its then existing form of government to a.council-manager form, effective January 1, 1968.

January 26, 1972, the legislature adopted chapter 1088, entitled “Home…