Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1926PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On April 29, 1926, the Justices returned the following answer:
The undersigned, Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, have received a communication from the Honorable the House of Representatives as follows:
“House of Representatives, April 21, 1926.
“Whereas, There is pending before the General Court a bill (Senate, No. 328) to establish congressional, councillor and senatorial districts and to apportion representatives; and “Whereas, Doubt exists as to whether or not the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth relative to the Referendum, would…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The State of Rhode Island v. the State of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- Ohio Ex Rel. Davis v. HildebrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Donovan v. Suffolk County Apportionment CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- State ex rel. Davis v. HildebrantOhio Supreme Court · 1916
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
3Cited by25 opinions
- Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Cahill v. LeopoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Town of Mount Washington v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Kirkpatrick v. KingIndiana Supreme Court · 1950
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