Legal Opinion
Allen v. Quinn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 29, 1983PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
By adding the direct initiative2 and referendum3 provisions to the Maine Constitution in 1909, the people took back to themselves part of the legislative power that in 1820 they had delegated entirely to the legislature.4 In this appeal we are faced with a question as to the nature of *1099the time limit the people have put upon thier own exercise of the initiative: Under article IV, part 3, section 18(1) of the Maine Constitution,5 may a petition starting the initiative process be filed with the Secretary of State only during the first 50 days after the legislature…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Myers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Rathjen v. Reorganized School District R-IISupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Matter of Kuhn v. CurranNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Farris ex rel. Dorsky v. GossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
- League of Women Voters v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- McGee v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
- Wagner v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
- Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Given Under the Provisions of Section 3 of Article VI of the ConstitutionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2017
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