Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 26, 1944PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To His Excellency the Governor and The Honorable Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The undersigned Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, in reply to your order of January 5, 1944, respectfully submits this answer to the question therein contained.
The fundamental question presented by the order is whether the Governor has authority to advance the date of the State primaries to be held in the current year — a date that is now fixed by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 53, § 28, as appearing in St. 1938, c. 473, § 7, as “the seventh Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.”
While the General…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Ashley v. Three Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Brodbine v. Inhabitants of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Schaffer v. LeimbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Collins v. Selectmen of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Krupp v. Building Commissioner of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Sears v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Treasurer of Worcester v. Department of Labor & IndustriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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