MELAHN v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH


17 Mass. App. Ct. 477 (1984)

459 N.E.2d 830

WILLIAM E. MELAHN vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Melahn, pro se.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (David E. Sullivan with him) for Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., CUTTER, & GRANT, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The plaintiff is a member of the Republican State committee from the First Essex and Middlesex Senatorial District, having been selected to fill a vacancy in the membership of that committee pursuant to G.L.c. 52, § 1, and under the procedures provided in art. II, § 4, of the committee's by-laws. These procedures provide that a vacancy be filled at a meeting of the district committee by secret ballot of the members present. The name of the successful...

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