Legal Opinion
ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF MASS. v. Attorney Gen.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 12, 1994PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiffs challenge the certification by the Attorney General that an initiative petition proposing “An Act for Initiative and Referendum Reform” contains no matter that is excluded from the Commonwealth’s initiative process and that the proposal is in proper form for submission to the people. The plaintiffs also challenge the Attorney General’s summary of the proposed law and argue that a defect in the proposed law cannot be cured by a perfecting amendment. A single justice of this court reserved decision and re ported the case to the full court on the amended complaint, the answer, and…
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