"In election-related matters, extreme diligence and promptness are required. Extraordinary relief has been routinely denied in election-related cases based on laches."
How later courts described this case
- "In election-related matters, extreme diligence and promptness are required. Extraordinary relief has been routinely denied in election-related cases based on laches."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Pfeifer, J.,
concurring. In my view, the writs should be denied because the referendum petition in question did not contain significant inaccuracies and because the ordinance was indeed subject to referendum.