Legal Opinion
Compton v. State Ballot Law Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 29, 1942PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
These two cases, argued together, relate to the same ultimate issue — whether a measure proposed as a law by initiative petition, being “An Act to allow physicians to provide medical contraceptive care to married persons for the protection of life or health,” shall be submitted to the voters at the State election to be held in 1942. The State ballot law commission, upon objections to the initiative petition, found, among other things, that one of the first ten signers of the initiative petition, Sarah T. Curwood, “was not a person entitled to sign this petition,” and stated: “we are,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McLearn v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Whitney v. Judge of the District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Lowry v. Commissioner of AgricultureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Inhabitants of Tewksbury v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Bowe v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Slama v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Morrissey v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Sesnovich v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Buckley v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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