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Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Given Under the Provisions of Section 3 of Article VI of the Constitution

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 3, 1996PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*694STATE OP MAINE

In House March 26, 1996

WHEREAS, it appears to the House of Representatives of the 117th Legislature that the following are important questions of law and that this is a solemn occasion; and

WHEREAS, the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 3, provides for the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to render their opinion on important questions of law upon solemn occasions; and

WHEREAS, there is now before the 117th Legislature for its consideration Initiated Bill 6, Legislative Document Number 1827, “An Act to Seek Congressional Term Limits”; and

WHEREAS, the bill may have…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. ThorntonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Manigault v. SpringsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Farris ex rel. Dorsky v. GossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948
  4. Sierra Club v. FroehlkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  5. Wagner v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  3. Morrissey v. StateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
  4. League of Women Voters of Maine v. GwadoskyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1997
  5. SC Testing Technology, Inc. v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996

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