WEINER v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

SJC-12885.

484 Mass. 687 (2020)

BENJAMIN LOCKE WEINER & others. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cordy for the plaintiffs.

Juliana deHaan Rice , Assistant Attorney General ( Anne Sterman & Kendra Kinscherf , Assistant Attorneys General, also present) for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Kevin P. Martin & Joshua J. Bone for Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Massachusetts, Inc.

David Hadas for Beer Distributors of Massachusetts, Inc.

Thomas R. Kiley , Carl Valvo , Meredith G. Fierro , & Matthew T. Durand for Cumberland Farms, Inc., & another.

John Sofis Scheft for Massachusetts Prevention Alliance & another.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


On or before August 7, 2019, an initiative petition signed by at least ten registered voters, entitled "An Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to the Sale of Beer and Wine by Food Stores," was submitted to the Attorney General and numbered by her as Initiative Petition 19-14. On September 4, 2019, the Attorney General certified to...

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