BARNES v. SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION


411 Mass. 822 (1992)

586 N.E.2d 958

SHELLEY BARNES & others vs. SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Savner (S. Stephen Rosenfeld with him) for the plaintiffs.

Pierce O. Cray, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

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


GREANEY, J.

The plaintiffs commenced this action in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk challenging the Governor's veto of more than one-half of the fiscal year 1992 appropriation for the Emergency Assistance (EA) program established by G.L.c. 18, § 2 (D) (1990 ed.). The plaintiffs sought a declaration pursuant to G.L.c. 231A (1990 ed.) that the veto exceeded the permissible limits of the Governor's power under art. 63, § 5, of the Amendments...

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