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NIGRO v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

402 Mass. 438 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 467

JOSEPH W. NIGRO & another vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Shaw for the plaintiffs.

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General (Eric J. Mogilnicki, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Attorney General & another.

Thomas R. Kiley (Gerald J. Caruso with him) for the interveners.

James T. Grady, for Joint Council No. 10 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

Under art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, The Initiative, II, § 3,3 the Attorney General must decide whether to certify a proposed initiative petition as being "in proper form for submission to the people." The plaintiffs in this action contend that the Attorney General improperly certified an initiative petition entitled "An Act repealing the...

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