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CLOUGH v. GUZZI

Civ. A. No. 74-2007-G.

416 F.Supp. 1057 (1976)

Charles I. CLOUGH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Paul H. GUZZI, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Counihan, Featherston, Homans & Griffin, Richard Clarey, Snyder, Tepper & Berlin, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

William A. Schroeder, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Grace, Counsel to Secretary of State, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and GARRITY and SKINNER, District Judges.

OPINION

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

In this action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that sections 34 and 45 of chapter 53 and sections 33, 41 and 42 of chapter 54 of the Massachusetts General Laws are unconstitutional as violative of rights guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment. The challenged statutes provide that the official ballots in primary and final elections shall list incumbents first, followed...

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