GORMAN v. NEW BEDFORD


383 Mass. 57 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 433

RUTH GORMAN & others vs. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert H. Hershfang for the plaintiffs.

Philip N. Beauregard, City Solicitor, for the city of New Bedford.

Thomas Miller, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General, intervener.

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


WILKINS, J.

In accord with the requirements of the Home Rule Amendment, art. 2 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, as appearing in art. 89 of the Amendments, the city of New Bedford sought and obtained legislative authorization to conduct a vote at its 1979 municipal election on the question whether the city's water supply should continue to be fluoridated. St. 1979, c. 243, as amended by St. 1979, c. 447. The plaintiffs challenge the lawfulness of...

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