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Lamson v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 29, 1960PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

The petitioners in each case seek a writ of mandamus to order that the Secretary of the Commonwealth do not prepare ballots under the recent enactment (St. 1960, c. 432) which reapportions the senatorial and councillor districts of the Commonwealth. The cases were reserved and reported by a single justice on the amended petitions, the answers, and amended statements of agreed facts.

Each of the several petitioners in the Lamson case is a citizen of the Commonwealth and a legal voter in the city or town in which he dwells. The group includes several State senators, a representative, the…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Matter of Sherrill v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  4. Jones v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
  5. Holmes v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Wells v. PurcellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  2. Slama v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  3. Parella v. MontalbanoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
  4. Jacobson v. Parks & Recreation Commission of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  5. Cohen v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968

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