Legal Opinion
Burkett v. Youngs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 18, 1938PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
This mandamus proceeding was instituted by the Attorney General, upon the relation of a taxpayer and voter of Bangor, to coerce the respondents, who compose the city council of Bangor, to refer, for the local electorate’s acceptance or rejection, *461the general appropriation resolve which the council passed for the fiscal year 1938.
The majority of the council members allegedly refused a petition for a referendum.
Procedure has been this:
On application for the writ, rule issued to the adverse parties, to appear and show cause, if they could, why the prayer of the relator should not be granted.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- City of Sapulpa v. LandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- People ex rel. Board of Park Commissioners v. Common CouncilMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
- Straw v. HarrisOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- People ex rel. McCagg v. Mayor of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Fragley v. PhelanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dewey v. Doxey-Layton Realty Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1954
- LaFleur Ex Rel. Anderson v. FrostSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Squires v. Inhabitants of City of AugustaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
- Dupler v. City of PortlandDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1976
- Nasberg v. City of AugustaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
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