Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Secretary of Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 9, 1926PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.

The salient facts involved in these cases appear in Acts and Resolves of 1925, page 473. Under art. 48 of the Amendments to thp Constitution, “The Initiative. II. Initiative Petitions. Section 3,” an initiative petition was filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, September 18,1924, signed by ten qualified voters together with the certification of the Attorney General that the measure was in proper form for submission to the people, and the remainder of more than the required number of qualified voters was filed December 1, 1924, representing that there was need for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  3. Wright v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
  4. Commonwealth v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  5. O'Brien v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. Horton v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Brooks v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  4. Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
  5. Opinions of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951

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