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THOMPSON v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

413 Mass. 21 (1992)

594 N.E.2d 853

STUART THOMPSON & another vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Rodophele (Gerald J. Caruso & Anne Edwards Coolidge with him) for the plaintiffs.

Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General (Margaret R. Stolfa, Special Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Attorney General & another.

David A. Nicholas & Charles C. Caldart, for the Governor & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

ABRAMS, J.

The plaintiffs, two registered voters, filed a complaint (and an amended complaint) in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk seeking (1) a declaration that an initiative petition, entitled "An Act to promote packaging reduction and recycling" (Act), does not comply with art. 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, as amended by art. 74 of the Amendments, and (2) an injunction to prevent...

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