Case Name: ASSOCIATED TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO, INC. and Russell Westerberg, Petitioners, v. Pete CENARRUSA, Secretary of State, State of Idaho; "Vote Yes" For Idaho's Economy; Idahoans For the Right To Vote on Lotteries; and Idaho Allied Christian Forces, Inc., Respondents. and Mike Blackbird; Rosie D. Reilly; Kimberly Lannen Stanphill; Steve Herndon; Jeanne Givens; Marvin Vandenberg; Lee Ray; Alex Bedini, Intervenors, and Help Idaho Thrive, Intervenor
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1986-09-15
Citations: 111 Idaho 502
Docket Number: No. 16589
Parties: ASSOCIATED TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO, INC. and Russell Westerberg, Petitioners, v. Pete CENARRUSA, Secretary of State, State of Idaho; "Vote Yes" For Idaho's Economy; Idahoans For the Right To Vote on Lotteries; and Idaho Allied Christian Forces, Inc., Respondents. and Mike Blackbird; Rosie D. Reilly; Kimberly Lannen Stanphill; Steve Herndon; Jeanne Givens; Marvin Vandenberg; Lee Ray; Alex Bedini, Intervenors, and Help Idaho Thrive, Intervenor.
Judges: Order of the Court is joined in by DONALDSON, C.J., and SHEPARD and BISTLINE, JJ.
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 111
Pages: 502–511

Head Matter:
725 P.2d 526
ASSOCIATED TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO, INC. and Russell Westerberg, Petitioners, v. Pete CENARRUSA, Secretary of State, State of Idaho; "Vote Yes" For Idaho's Economy; Idahoans For the Right To Vote on Lotteries; and Idaho Allied Christian Forces, Inc., Respondents. and Mike Blackbird; Rosie D. Reilly; Kimberly Lannen Stanphill; Steve Herndon; Jeanne Givens; Marvin Vandenberg; Lee Ray; Alex Bedini, Intervenors, and Help Idaho Thrive, Intervenor.
No. 16589.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
Sept. 15, 1986.
Richard C. Fields and Stephen R. Thomas, Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, for Petitioner, Associated Tax Payers of Idaho, Inc.
Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., and David G. High, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Boise, for Secretary of State, State of Idaho.
No appearance for other respondents. Raymond C. Givens, Coeur d’Alene, for intervenor, Mike Blackbird, et al.
Stanley Crow, Boise, for intervenor, Help Idaho Thrive.

Opinion:
OPINION
WHEREAS, Petitioners filed an APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION with supporting brief and affidavit of Russell Westerberg; and thereafter served copies of the Application to all real parties in interest and potential parties in interest, including Pete Cenarrusa, Secretary of State; Vote Yes for Idaho's Economy; Idahoans for the Right To Vote On Lotteries; Idaho Allied Christian Forces, Inc.; and thirty-one individuals who originally signed the lottery initiative petition; and the Court subsequently granted Motions to Intervene by Mike Blackbird, et al, and Help Idaho Thrive; and the Court received Answers and supporting documents by Cenarrusa, Vote Yes for Idaho's Economy, Mike Blackbird, et al, and Help Idaho Thrive; and thereafter, the Court set oral arguments on September 5, 1986; and
WHEREAS, after oral argument, the Court having considered all of the above documents and arguments; and
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION be, and it is hereby, DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, attorney fees and costs be, and hereby are, DENIED.
Order of the Court is joined in by DONALDSON, C.J., and SHEPARD and BISTLINE, JJ.
BAKES and HUNTLEY, JJ., would grant the writ.