Legal Opinion
Slama v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 17, 1981PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
George R. Slama and eleven other qualified voters (first signers) signed an initiative petition entitled “An Act providing for the participation of the municipalities in State taxes generated in those municipalities” (Initiative 11/81). Citing art. 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, the Attorney General refused to certify Initiative 11/81, because it “makes a specific appropriation of money from the treasury.”
The first signers and the city of Boston sought an injunction from a single justice compelling the Attorney General to certify and prepare a fair and concise summary…
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