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McCARTHY v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

371 Mass. 667 (1977)

359 N.E.2d 291

EUGENE J. McCARTHY & others vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & another (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, Thomas R. Kiley & Ernest P. DeSimone, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendants.

Martin C. Gideonse for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

By a previously issued order of this court, we directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth to place the names of the plaintiffs Eugene J. McCarthy and John H. Stouffer2 on all ballots prepared for the November 2, 1976, general election as independent candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, respectively. Due to the extreme time constraints imposed by the impending election and the...

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