HILSINGER v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH


388 Mass. 1 (1983)

444 N.E.2d 936

ARTHUR R. HILSINGER, JR., & others vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Alviani (Robert R. Ruddock with him) for the plaintiffs.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Assistant Attorney General & James McIntyre for the defendants.

Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., & Devra G. Bailin for Massachusetts Teachers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The plaintiffs, the first ten signers of a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, introduced by initiative petition, commenced this action on August 23, 1982, pursuant to G.L.c. 231A, G.L.c. 211, § 3, and G.L.c. 214, § 1, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the nature of mandamus. The plaintiffs sought to have a tax-limitation measure, introduced by initiative petition and considered by the General Court in 1980, included...

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