CAPEZZUTO v. STATE BALLOT LAW COMMISSION


407 Mass. 949 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 366

LORETTA A. CAPEZZUTO vs. STATE BALLOT LAW COMMISSION (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Caruso (Robert P. Rodophele with him) for Loretta A. Capezzuto & another.

Eric J. Mogilnicki, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General & another.

Charles C. Caldart & Kenneth L. Kimmell, for the interveners, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

At issue in this case is the validity of an initiative petition which proposed enactment of a law entitled "An Act to promote environmentally acceptable product packaging." If enacted, the proposed law would require all packaging used in Massachusetts after December 31, 1995, to be reusable or to contain recyclable or recycled materials which meet certain specific standards. The proposed law also provides various...

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