City of Eugene v. Roberts

Defendant Roberts is the Secretary of State of Oregon. Defendants Faw and Spriggs are election officials of Lane County. The three appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff city of Eugene in this action under ORS 246.910, in which the city challenged the secretary’s directive to the other defendants, and their compliance with her directive, that an “advisory question” which the city council sought to submit to Eugene’s voters not be placed on the May, 1988, state primary election ballot. The trial court granted summary judgment for the city and ordered defendants to put the question on the…