Legal Opinion
Morway v. Town of Webster
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 14, 1990No. 89-P-883PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Fifteen members of SIN-CERE (“Stop Incineration Now — Conserve Environmental Resources Efficiently”) filed an action in the Superior Court against the town of Webster (the town), its board of selectmen and board of registrars after the clerk of the board of registrars refused to accept the plaintiffs’ referendum petition. The defendants claimed that the petition had not been filed in a timely fashion, and their motion for summary judgment was allowed.
The town employs a form of representative town meeting government established under St. 1933, c. 13, as authorized by G. L. c. 43A, § 1. The…
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