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CONTAKOS v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF LOWELL

331 Mass. 254 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 736

NICHOLAS C. CONTAKOS vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF LOWELL, SAMUEL A. SAMPSON, intervener.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodbury F. Howard, (Mendel Shapiro with him,) for the intervener.

George C. Eliades, (Peter L. Speronis with him,) for the petitioner.

No argument nor brief for the respondent.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

The petitioner Contakos and the intervener Sampson were two of forty-two candidates for the nine offices of councillor at a regular municipal election held in Lowell on November 3, 1953. Lowell has a Plan E charter with proportional representation in the city council. G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 54A, as appearing in St. 1938, c. 341, § 1; c. 43, §§ 93-116, inserted by St. 1938, c. 378, § 15.

The charter has been in force since 1943,...

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