LYONS v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13307.

490 Mass. 560 (2022)

JAMES LYONS & others, v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

August 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Walsh for the plaintiffs.

Adam Horstine , Assistant Attorney General ( Anne Sterman , Assistant Attorney General, also present) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

John Paul Moran, pro se.

Joseph N. Schneiderman for Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action.

Lisa C. Goodheart , Christine M. Netski , Dylan Sanders , Anthony V. Agudelo , John G. O'Neill , Andrea Studley Knowles , Jessica H. Park , Gwen Nolan King , Kenneth C. Thayer , Lon F. Povich , Tamara S. Wolfson , David S. Mackey , M. Patrick Moore, Jr. , & Clinton R. Prospere for Common Cause Massachusetts & another.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


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