Legal Opinion
Bates v. Director of the Office of Campaign & Political Finance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 2002PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
On November 3, 1998, the Massachusetts Clean Elections Law, G. L. c. 55A, §§ 1 et seq. (clean elections law), was approved overwhelmingly by the people, under the initiative provisions of art. 48, The Initiative, V, § 1, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution. See St. 1998, c. 395 (inserting G. L. c. 55A and amending related statutes). The law creates a system that allows electoral candidates for Massachusetts State or Statewide offices3 who, among other requirements, limit the amount and sources of private campaign contributions they accept, to receive public campaign funding.
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2Cases cited52 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DeCotisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Town of Gulf Stream v. Palm Beach CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
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