Legal Opinion
Lockman v. Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 30, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs, Lawrence Lockman and Forest French, appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) denying their requests to enjoin the Secretary of State from placing a competing measure on the November 1996 ballot prepared for a citizen-initiated referendum concerning forestry practices. Plaintiffs contend that the court should have ruled that the Legislature and the Secretary of State failed to conform to the requirements of the Maine Constitution in enacting the competing measure and in preparing the ballots. Although we decline to…
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- McCaffrey v. GartleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
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