Dimino v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

The plaintiffs initiated this action seeking a declaratory judgment and an order in the nature of mandamus in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. They contend that the Attorney General erred in certifying that a citizens’ initiative petition to eliminate toll collections on certain Massachusetts roads did not concern matters “excluded” from the initiative process under art. 48, The Initiative, Part n, § 3, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. A single justice of this court reserved decision and reported the case for consideration by the full court. We agree…