Bachrach v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
George Bachrach, plaintiff, a candidate in the general election of November, 1980, for the office of State senator for the Middlesex-Suffolk district, commenced the present action in the county court against the Secretary of the Commonwealth, defendant, alleging that certain ballot legislation of 1979 was invalid under the State and Federal Constitutions, and praying that, upon a declaration to that effect, the defendant Secretary be enjoined from refusing to place the term “Independent” on the ballot as the plaintiff s political designation, and from placing the term “Unenrolled” on the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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