Anderson v. Boise City

SPEAR, Justice.

Appellants, as plaintiffs, petitioned the trial court for a writ of mandate to compel respondents to process their petition and initiative ordinance which would permit a vote by the electorate in Boise City on the issue of its participation in the Urban Renewal Program adopted by the State Legislature in 1965. Appellants also sought to have The Idaho Urban Renewal Law of 1965, -I.C. §§ 50-4701 to 50-4718, chap. 246, Idaho Session Laws of 1965, declared unconstitutional.

The proposed petition and initiative ordinance was submitted to the city council in conformance with, and…