Legal Opinion
DePetrillo v. Registrars of Voters
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1961PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the Registrars of Voters of the town of Rehoboth, and the town clerk, brought by Barbara A. DePetrillo, one of four candidates for the school committee of the town at an election held March 7,1960. Harold W. Ingram, Junior, another candidate for the same office, was permitted to intervene. The case comes to us in the form of a report by the judge. Gr. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 111.
The original count of the ballots was as follows: Waite 898, Ingram 894, DePetrillo 897, and Simas 806. DePetrillo was sworn into office the same night, March 7, 1960.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- O'Brien v. Board of Election CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Flanders v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Kane v. Registrars of Voters of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Munn v. DabrowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
3Cited by8 opinions
- McCavitt v. Registrars of Voters of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Pirrone v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- National Labor Relations Board v. A. G. Pollard Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Desjourdy v. Board of Registrars of Voters of UxbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Connolly v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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