Legal Opinion
Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 11, 1988PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County seeking relief in the nature of certiorari and mandamus respectively against the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth in their official capacities. The plaintiffs challenge the Attorney General’s certification of an initiative petition pursuant to art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Art. 48, The Initiative, II, § 3.3 The petition, entitled “The Stop Nuclear Waste Act” by its proponents, would, after July 4,1989, prohibit “generation of electric power by commercial…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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