Hacker v. Common Council

“ Shall a proposed local law, to amend Section 3-17 and 5-17 of the Ithaca City Charter, to prohibit the fluoridation of the water supplied by the City be approved! ” This proposal was approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city at the general election of November 2, 1965. In this taxpayer’s action plaintiff moves for summary judgment declaring this purported amendment of the city charter invalid. There are no factual issues requiring a trial. This court may not concern itself with the merit or folly of fluoridation but only with the legal issue of whether or not the local law…