Legal Opinion
Langone v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 16, 1983PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
Frederick C. Langone, four voters who claimed to be supporters of Langone’s candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, and The Langone for Lieutenant Governor Committee brought this action in the Superior Court against the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The complaint alleged that, by refusing to print Langone’s name on the September 14, 1982, Democratic State party primary ballot as a candidate for the party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary deprived the plaintiffs of various rights provided by statutes of the Commonwealth and guaranteed by the United States and…
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