Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/15/1998
Hurst v. State Ballot Law Commission
Citations
- 427 Mass. 825
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- “[t]he State Constitutional Convention of 1917-1918 sought a balance between competing impulses toward direct versus representative democracy”
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Judges: Fried, Greaney
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Bates v. Director of the Office of Campaign & Political FinanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-25· cited 34×
- Carney v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-07-13· cited 14×
- Hurst v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-31· cited 7×
- Anderson v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-06-18· cited 5×
- Robinson v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-18· cited 4×
- Miller v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-23· cited 3×
- Walsh v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-16· cited 3×
- Fyntrilakis v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-29
- Jackson v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-06-22
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Burson v. FreemanSupreme Court· 1992-05-26· cited 765×
- Town of Mount Washington v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-10-11· cited 32×
- Lincoln v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-08-04· cited 28×
- Buckley v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-13· cited 26×
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-07-01· cited 24×
- Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-11· cited 18×
- Citizens for a Competitive Massachusetts v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-06· cited 8×
- Tobias v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-03-09· cited 4×
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