ALLEN v. QUINN


459 A.2d 1098 (1983)

David ALLEN v. Rodney S. QUINN and John Cole.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Chandler, Bruce W. Chandler (orally), Waterville, for plaintiff.

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Paul F. Macri, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for Rodney S. Quinn.

Sewall, Mittel & Hefferan, Michael P. Asen (orally), Robert Edmond Mittel, Portland, for John Cole.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

By adding the direct initiative2 and referendum3 provisions to the Maine Constitution in 1909, the people took back to themselves part of the legislative power that in 1820 they had delegated entirely to the legislature.4 In this appeal we are faced with a question as to the nature of the time limit the people...

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