The State - News from April 1, 1988
The building industry, which this week lost a bid to keep a slow-growth initiative off the June 7 Orange County ballot, got another chance when an appellate court in Santa Ana agreed to hear an appeal. In a terse order, the 4th District Court of Appeal set a hearing for Wednesday morning on the high-stakes fight to keep the measure off the countywide primary ballot. Earlier, a Superior Court judge had rejected arguments by the Building Industry Assn. of Southern California and its allies that the initiative is unconstitutional and conflicts with state law. A three-judge appellate panel agreed to hear the builders’ request to invalidate the initiative.
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