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Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Henry Leen heard three hours of testimony about the proposed Cambridge rent control referendum yesterday but made no decision about whether to place rent control on the November 4 election ballot...
Leen will receive the briefs from lawyers representing both sides on Monday. A final decision is not expected until Wednesday. If a referendum is ordered the delay will mean the Cambridge Election Commission will have to print a separate ballot for the 22-page proposal. Both the referendum and the election will be held on November 4 but on different ballots...
...issue of whether to place a rent control referendum on the November 4 election ballot comes before a Middlesex County Superior Court hearing at 9 a. m. today...
Supporters of a rent control referendum appealed to the court last week to reverse a decision of the Cambridge Election Commission which refused to place the referendum on the ballot. The Commission decision was based on a ruling by Cambridge City Solicitor Philip M. Cronin 53 that the proposed rent control bill is "Illegal and unconstitutional...
Supporters of the referendum led by members of the Peace and Freedom Party, plan to base their appeal on a 1967 ruling by the Middlesex County Superior Court. That ruling ordered a referendum on the Vietnam War to be placed on the ballot, overturning a decision by the Election Comm...