# Fritz v. Gorton

> Washington Supreme Court · January 4, 1974 · 83 Wash. 2d 275

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9550806

## Case

- **Full name:** William J. Fritz Et Al., Appellants, v. Slade Gorton Et Al., Respondents; Warren Simmons Et Al., Respondents, v. Slade Gorton Et Al., Appellants
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 4, 1974
- **Citations:** 83 Wash. 2d 275; 517 P.2d 911; 1974 Wash. LEXIS 909
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wright
- **Judges:** Finley, Stafford, Brachtenbach, Wright, Utter, Hale, Rosellini
- **Cited by:** 112 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that a half dozen subtopics, ranging from regulation of lobbyists to inspection of public records, were "reasonably related," thus satisfying "the nexus requirements of the `rational unity' test"
- holding this to be a basis for finding the citizen's lawsuit provision of the Act constitutional

## Opinion text

Wright, J.
(concurring) — I concur in the majority opinion and have signed the same. I wish to add this brief concurrence in order to point out that amendment 26 is not relevant to the applicability of article 2, section 19 to initiative measures. Amendment 26, also known as article 2, section 41, contains the words “[n]o act, law, or bill” (italics mine). The wording is in the disjunctive. Amendment 26 is directed to referendum as well as initiative measures. A referendum measure having its origin in the legislature may properly be referred to as a “bill,” and, therefore, amendment 26 can in no wise be viewed as modifying the rule of Senior Citizens League v. Department of Social Security, 38 Wn.2d 142 , 228 P.2d 478 (1951).

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