On June 24, 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled by a broad 8-1 majority that signatories of referendum petitions generally do not have a constitutional right, in light of open government laws, to keep their identities private.  The case, Doe v. Reed, 09-559, questioned whether or not the State of Washington could release the names of individuals who had signed a petition to put Referendum 71 on the ballot.  The decision, which was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., contained several concurring opinions and one dissent. For the full text of the decision, you can go to the Supreme Court website, or click on this link.  For analysis of the case, as well as other cases which have been recently decided by the Court, you can click here.