DUNN v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. SJC-12107.

474 Mass. 675 (2016)

JAMES H. DUNN & another v. ATTORNEY GENERAL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine J. Spohn , of Nebraska ( Mary Jacobson , of Nebraska, with her) for the plaintiffs.

Elizabeth N. Dewar , Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Thomas O. Bean for the interveners.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


In this case, we consider whether the Attorney General properly certified an initiative petition proposing a new law that would prohibit (1) confinement of egg-laying hens, calves raised for veal, and breeding pigs on a commercial farm "in a cruel manner," i.e., under conditions that prevent them from lying down, standing up, fully extending...

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