United States Ninth Circuit

An Oregon statute, which requires that ballots for initiatives proposing local option taxes include a statement warning that the measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent, does not violate the U.S. Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/03/2005
• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:, Before: HUG, TASHIMA, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen K. Bushong, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for the intervenor-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel W. Meek, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.