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COMMUNIST PARTY OF UNITED STATES v. GARTLEY

363 A.2d 948 (1976)

COMMUNIST PARTY OF the UNITED STATES et al. v. Markham L. GARTLEY, Secretary of State of the State of Maine, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

September 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunlap, Wood & O'Brien by Gary C. Wood, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Donald Alexander, Deputy Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

Before DUFRESNE, C.J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY and GODFREY, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

"But from hence it appears that every man, that is to give his vote on the election of members to serve in Parliament, has a several and particular right in his private capacity, as a citizen or burgess. And surely it cannot be said, that this is so inconsiderable a right, as to apply that maxim to it, de minimis non curat lex. A right that a man has to give his vote at the election of a person to represent him in Parliament, there to concur to...

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