Legal Opinion
Morrissey v. State Ballot Law Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 1942PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
The ultimate issue involved in this case is whether a measure proposed as a law by initiative petition relating to a State fund for workmen’s compensation (see Opinion of the Justices, 309 Mass. 571) shall be submitted to the voters at the State election to be held in 1942. The constitutional requirements for the passage of a law by the initiative process are fixed by art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, The Initiative, II, §§ 3, 4; V, § 1; General Provisions, III. These requirements are stated in outline in Compton v. State Ballot Law Commission, 311 Mass. 643,…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- National Licorice Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Coe v. Armour Fertilizer WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Swan v. Justices of Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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- Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Gifford v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
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