Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Mo. Sec'y of State John Ashcroft
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 2018No. WD 82110 (consolidated with WD 82111, WD 82116, WD 82117)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlok Ahuja, Judge
The Secretary of State certified Initiative Petition 2018-048 for inclusion on the November 2018 general election ballot. The Initiative Petition proposes to amend various provisions of Article III of the Missouri Constitution, which addresses the legislative department, and add three new sections to Article III. Respondents and Cross-Appellants Paul Ritter and Daniel P. Mehan filed this lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cole County pursuant to § 195.200,1 arguing that the Initiative Petition was invalid on multiple grounds, and that it should accordingly not appear on the ballot. Their lawsuit…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Missourians to Protect the Initiative Process v. BluntSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- Buchanan v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Moore v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- Care & Treatment of Kirk v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2017
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Barbara Pippens, John Bohney, Cheryl Hibbeler, Rebecca Shaw, Bob Minor, James Harmon, Gene Davison, and Pat McBride v. John R.Ashcroft, in his official capacity as Missouri Secretary of State, Dave Schatz, in his official capacity as State Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate, Elijah Haahr, in his official capacity as State Representative and Speaker of the House, and Daniel Hegeman, in his official capacity as State Senator and sponsor of Senate Resolution 38Missouri Court of Appeals · 2020
- Jeremy Cady and Ryan Johnson v. Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft, and Heidi Miller and Laura DominikMissouri Court of Appeals · 2020
- Jessica A. Goodman, Saline County Assessor v. Saline County Commission and Kile Guthrey, Jr., Presiding Commissioner, and Stephanie Gooden, Northern Commissioner, and Charles Monte Fenner, Southern Commissioner, and Cindy Sims, Saline County CollectorMissouri Court of Appeals · 2024
- Joy Sweeney v. John R. ("Jay") Ashcroft, In His Official Capacity, as Missouri Secretary of State, and Legal Missouri 2022 and John PayneMissouri Court of Appeals · 2022
- LaVanchy v. Ziegler a. DO NOT File In This Case. Case has been consolidated. All documents and pleadings should be filed in Case 2:21-cv-04233-MDH.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 2022
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