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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 1 courts 1914–1989 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of Representativesgreen2 sentences1989A “solemn occasion” arises when the answers to certain “questions of law are necessary to be determined by the body making the inquiry, in the exercise of the legislative or executive power entrusted to it by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.” Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 (1878). 1969The provision of the Constitution, Part II, c. 3, art. 2, means that the opinions of the Justices can be required only when important “ ‘questions of law are necessary to be determined by the body making the inquiry, in the exercise of the legislative .. . power entrusted to it by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.’ Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 . ‘By a solemn occasion, the Constitution means some serious and unusual exigency. | 1 | 5 |
Answer of the Justices to the House of Representativesgreen2 sentences1989In Answer of the Justices, 148 Mass. 623, 626 (1889), it was said that “[m]any opinions of the Justices have been required and given in cases where the branch of the government requiring the opinion had pending before it some question concerning which doubts existed as to its power and authority, or as to the power of some subordinate officer under the Constitution, or under existing statutes, and where the settlement of such doubt was necessary to enable it, in the exercise of its proper functions, to act legally and intelligently upon the pending question.” The pending matter in this case is 1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 5 |
Answer of the Justices to the House of Representativesgreen2 sentences1927The object of the clause of the Constitution touching such opinions, c. 3, art. 2, is “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the inquiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600, 601, 602 . 1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Answer of the Justices to the Senate
green
1 sentence1943It has been held to be such an exigency when . . . either branch of the Legislature, having some action in view, has serious doubts as to their power and authority to take such action, under the Constitution, or under existing statutes.’ Answer of the Justices, 148 Mass. 623, 625-626 .” Answer of the Justices, 290 Mass. 601, 602 . | 1 | 1943–1943 |
Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives
green
1 sentence1927Opinion of the Justices, 217 Mass. 607 , and opinions there reviewed; 148 Mass. 623, 626 ; 226 Mass. 607 , 612. | 1 | 1927–1927 |
Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council
green
1 sentence1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 1914–1914 |
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
green
1 sentence1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 1914–1914 |
Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
neutral
1 sentence1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 1914–1914 |
Answer of the Justices to the Council
green
1 sentence1914In Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600 , at pages 601, 602, it was said that the object of the Constitution was “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the in quiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” The' right to require and the duty to render opinions exists only "upon solemn occasions.” These words were defined in Opinion of the Justices, 126 Mass. 557, 566 , as meaning “when s | 1 | 1914–1914 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.