# State ex rel. Riffe v. Brown

> Ohio Supreme Court · July 8, 1977 · 51 Ohio St. 2d 149

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6756129

## Case

- **Full name:** The State, ex rel. Riffe v. Brown, Secy. of State
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 8, 1977
- **Citations:** 51 Ohio St. 2d 149; 5 Ohio Op. 3d 125; 365 N.E.2d 876; 1977 Ohio LEXIS 449
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Brown
- **Judges:** Brown, Celebrezze, Herbert, Locher, Neill, Sweeney
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Paul W. Brown, J.,
dissenting. The majority opinion validates a legislative ploy designed by a present majority of the General Assembly to circumvent the people’s power of referendum.
From today forward, the people’s constitutional right *169 to referendum has been abolished, or at the very least, diminished to a mere privilege to be granted by the General Assembly in only those instances where a referendum would not pose a serious threat to the legislation. The approval of this scheme by a majority of this court marks the beginning of the demise of constitutional government in Ohio.

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