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BOYETTE v. GALVIN

No. CIV.A. 98-10377-GAO.

311 F.Supp.2d 237 (2004)

Maya BOYETTE, et al., Plaintiffs v. William F. GALVIN, in his Capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 31, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek L. Gaubatz, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Roman P. Storzer, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Michael J. Meagher, Robert J. O'Regan, Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

William W. Porter, Judith S. Yogman, and Peter Sacks, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, MA, for defendants.

Joel Z. Eigerman, Esq., Boston, MA, on behalf of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Citizens for Participation in Political Action, Citizens for Public Schools, The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, The Massachusetts Federation of Teachers and the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregation, Amicus.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OTOOLE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have a proposal to amend the Massachusetts constitution, and they would like to make use of the initiative procedure available under that constitution to put the proposal to a vote by the State's electorate. Under the Massachusetts initiative procedure, before a question can be put to the electorate, the State's attorney general must certify that it is a proper question to be placed on the...

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