Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court July 13, 2006 (Carney v. Attorney General)

Marshall, CJ.

The plaintiffs, four Massachusetts voters, filed suit in the county court to quash the Attorney General’s certification of Initiative Petition 05-05, entitled “An Act to protect dogs” (petition), and to enjoin the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Secretary) from placing the petition on the 2006 Statewide ballot. See art.