Title: Doell v. Myers
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: S45061
State: Oregon
Issuer: Oregon Supreme Court
Date: May 14, 1998

Filed:  May 14, 1998

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

STEVE DOELL,

	Petitioner,

	v.

HARDY MYERS, Attorney General,
State of Oregon,

	Respondent.

(SC S45061)

	On petition to review ballot title.

	Argued and submitted April 22, 1998.

	John A. Bennett, of Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass &amp;
Hoffman, P.C., Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition
for petitioner.

	John T. Bagg, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the
cause and filed the answering memorandum for respondent.  With
him on the answering memorandum were Hardy Myers, Attorney
General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

	Before Carson, Chief Justice, Gillette, Van Hoomissen,
Durham, Kulongoski, and Leeson, Justices.

	MEMORANDUM OPINION

	Petition for judicial review of ballot title dismissed.

		MEMORANDUM OPINION

		This is a proceeding for judicial review of a ballot
title certified by the Attorney General for a proposed initiative
measure.  See ORS 250.085 (providing procedure for judicial
review of ballot title).  The parties agree that notice of
petitioner's challenge to the Attorney General's certified ballot
title was not given to the Secretary of State within the time
provided in ORS 250.085(4).  This court therefore has no
authority to review the ballot title, and the petition must be
dismissed.  Sizemore v. Myers, 327 Or 71, ___ P2d ___ (1998).

		Petition for judicial review of ballot title
dismissed.(1)

1. 	In light of this court's dismissal of this case, the
Attorney General's motion to dismiss is moot.