Legal Opinion
League of Women Voters v. Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 19, 1996PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
In January of 1993, elector petitions in support of the imposition of term limitations on the members of the Maine Legislature and several executive officers were submitted to the Legislature. The Legislature rejected the measure, and pursuant to the citizen initiative procedure of the Maine Constitution, 1 the initiative measure was submitted to the electors. On November 2,1993, the people of Maine voted to enact the term limitations initiative into law. The Term Limitation Act of 1993 was codified as 21-A M.R.S.A. §§ 551-554 (Supp.1995).
In February and March of 1996, several…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. ThorntonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Morris v. GossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Baxter v. Waterville Sewerage DistrictSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- York Harbor Village Corp. v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Cathcart v. MeyerWyoming Supreme Court · 2004
- Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
- McGee v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
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