Legal Opinion
Sholley v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 2, 2003No. Nos. 02-P-1466 & 02-P-1467PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
These two cases involve the interpretation of G. L. c. 53, § 45(1), which requires that every “nomination paper shall state in addition to the name of the candidate, (1) his residence, with street and number thereof, if any.”
In the case brought by Earl Henry Sholley, Sholley sought the Republican nomination for the Bristol-Middlesex-Norfolk State senatorial district. The Secretary of State (Secretary) *122rejected Shelley’s nomination papers and declined to put his name on the primary ballot because on fifty-three of the fifty-four nomination papers he submitted, Sholley listed his residence as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Swift v. Board of Registrars of VotersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Commonwealth v. Connor C.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Attorney General v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Metros v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- McGonagle v. Home Depot U.S.A, Inc.Massachusetts Superior Court · 2007