# OREGON AFL-CIO v. Weldon

> Oregon Supreme Court · August 17, 1970 · 256 Or. 307

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536771

## Case

- **Full name:** OREGON AFL-CIO Et Al, Petitioners, v. WELDON Et Al, Respondents
- **Court:** Oregon Supreme Court
- **Decided:** August 17, 1970
- **Citations:** 256 Or. 307; 473 P.2d 664; 1970 Ore. LEXIS 324
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Denecke
- **Judges:** Denecke, O'Connell
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DENECKE, J.,
dissenting.
This court has had difficulty in resolving its role in reviewing ballot titles. In our last decision in this area, however, I was of the opinion that a majority of the court decided that the scope of review should be limited. Bristow v. Thornton, 249 Or 294 , 437 P2d 825 (1968).
The only legislative standard now imposed upon the officer charged with writing ballot titles is that the title “be a concise and impartial statement of the purpose of the measure.” ORS 254.070. In Bristow v. Thornton, supra ( 249 Or 294 ), we held the Attorney General had complied with that standard. The ballot title prepared by the Attorney General was
“RECREATIONAL — COMMERCIAL FISHERIES BILL”
The dissenters stated: “The chief purpose of the measure is to restrict commercial fishing, and the caption should so state.” 249 Or at 295 . They proposed a caption,
“BILL TO RESTRICT COMMERCIAL FISHING”,
but the majority of the court refused to rewrite the caption.
*317 I am of the opinion that the present title prepared by the District Attorney of Multnomah County is in compliance with OES 254.070.
O’Connell, C.J., joins in this dissent.

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