Legal Opinion
Town of Mount Washington v. Cook
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 11, 1934PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These are petitions for writs of mandamus to compel the respondent not to submit St. 1934, c. 275, on referendum at the approaching State election. That statute regulates the use of traps for the capture of fur-bearing animals and, by its preamble, was declared to be an emergency law.
I. It is contended that the referendum petition signed by the requisite number of qualified voters and duly filed with *69the respondent has not been completed as required by “The Referendum” “III. Referendum Petitions,” § 4 of art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. The contention is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Attorney General v. City of MethuenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Brooks v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Yont v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Bowe v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MavredakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. BergstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Morrissey v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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