Carney v. Attorney General

This case involves the latest round in an ongoing struggle between supporters of parimutuel dog racing3 and a coalition of citizen groups seeking to outlaw such racing in the Commonwealth through a ballot initiative petition. See art. 48, The Initiative, Parts II & V, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth.4 The plaintiffs, four Massachusetts voters,5 filed suit in the county court to quash the Attorney General’s certification of Initiative Petition 07-06, entitled “An Act to protect greyhounds” (petition), and to enjoin the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Secretary) from…