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GILLIGAN v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

413 Mass. 14 (1992)

595 N.E.2d 288

SUSAN P. GILLIGAN & another vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Caruso (Robert P. Rodophele with him) for the plaintiffs.

Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General & another.

Cheryl M. Cronin, Peter D. Enrich, & S. Stephen Rosenfeld, for American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

LIACOS, C.J.

The plaintiffs commenced this action in the county court, challenging the Attorney General's certification and summary of an initiative petition entitled "An Act pertaining to health and tobacco." The single justice reserved and reported the action to the full court on the pleadings and statement of agreed facts. We hold that both the certification and summary comply with art. 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts...

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