Legal Opinion
Marino v. Town Council
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided March 14, 2001No. CA001146PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtToomey, J.
Pursuant to G.L.c. 43B, §14, the plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment that an initiative petition submitted to the Town Council for the Town of Southbridge (Town Council) was valid.2 The plaintiffs allege that the petition at issue, filed pursuant to Section 11-2-4 of the Southbridge Home Rule Charter and rejected as invalid by the Town Council, called for a special election on whether to petition the Legislature to enact special legislation changing the Town’s present form of government to a town meeting form of government. The Town Council, contending that no dispute exists as to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Cassesso v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Schulte v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Vecchia v. SullivanMassachusetts Superior Court · 2001