Seventh-Inning Stretch · Stadium Wars
Put It to the Voters
Schools Over Stadiums v. Thompson (2024)
Charge: Defective referendum petition - ballot measure to undo ballpark funding (challenge to the petition)Court: Supreme Court of NevadaDocket: Stadium Wars
Did the referendum petition meet the state's legal requirements to reach the ballot?
The facts
A state passed a 2023 law providing public financing for a new ballpark for a big-league team relocating to Las Vegas. A political committee backed by the teachers' union filed a referendum petition to let voters reject the funding. Opponents challenged the petition in court, arguing it did not include the full text of the law and misdescribed its effect. A trial court struck it down.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Schools Over Stadiums v. Thompson, Supreme Court of Nevada, decided May 13, 2024
Read more at thenevadaindependent.com. The source reveals the outcome.