Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1938PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*616On December 14, 1938, the Justices returned the following answers:
To His Excellency the Governor and The Honorable Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, in reply to your order of December 8, 1938, a copy of which is hereto annexed, respectfully express their opinion as follows :
The questions of law upon which the opinion of the Justices is required relate, as appears from the order, to the power of the Governor, “by and with the advice of council,” to pardon Edmund L. Dolan and J. Walter Quinn, who have been adjudged by the Superior Court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. ShippSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Ex Parte GrossmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Commonwealth v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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- Dolan v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. WilcoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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