ANDERSON v. BOSTON


376 Mass. 178 (1978)

380 N.E.2d 628

RICHARD L. ANDERSON & others vs. CITY OF BOSTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Hestnes (John G. Fabiano & Kenneth R. Berman with him) for the plaintiffs.

Laurence H. Tribe (Harold J. Carroll, Assistant Corporation Counsel, & Herbert P. Gleason, Corporation Counsel, with him) for City of Boston & others.

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


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, eleven taxable inhabitants of the city of Boston (city), seek a declaratory judgment pursuant to G.L.c. 231A, and equitable relief pursuant to G.L.c. 40, § 53, concerning the legality of certain actions contemplated by the city in support of a referendum proposal which will be presented to the people at the November, 1978, general election. The referendum proposal concerns an amendment (the classification amendment) to Part II, c....

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