First National Bank of Boston v. Attorney General

(Reardon, J., concurring) The plaintiffs 1 in their bill for declaratory relief allege that they intend to expend moneys, for newspaper advertisements and similar publicity, in an effort to persuade the voters of Massachusetts to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment to be submitted to the voters in a referendum question at the general election on November 7, 1972.2 3The proposed amendment would grant the General Court the authority to enact a graduated income tax. The bill further alleges that under the 1972 amendment to G. L. c. 55, § 7 (“political contributions” statute), *573they are…