Legal Opinion
Wyman v. Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 21, 1993PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
By his appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Chandler, J.) the Secretary of State challenges the court’s determination that he violated the first amendment of the federal constitution 1 and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (1981) 2 by refusing to furnish the plaintiff, Jasper Wyman, with petition forms to enable Wy-man to invoke the voter initiative process authorized by 21-A M.R.S.A. §§ 901-906 (1993), and the subsequent award of attorney fees to Wyman pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 (1981). 3 We affirm the judgment.
On July 29, 1991, Jasper Wyman delivered a…
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