# Bates v. Director of the Office of Campaign & Political Finance

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · February 25, 2002 · 436 Mass. 144

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6452417

## Case

- **Full name:** Kelly Bates & others v. Director of the Office of Campaign & Political Finance & another
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** February 25, 2002
- **Citations:** 436 Mass. 144
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Cowin
- **Judges:** Cowin, Greaney, Marshall, Spina
- **Cited by:** 30 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Cowin, J.
(dissenting, with whom Spina, J., joins). Having already expressed my view that the Legislature has acted within its constitutional prerogative, and that, accordingly, the plaintiffs have no rights to be vindicated, it is my opinion that no remedy is appropriate. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

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