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LIPMAN v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

No. 72-1315.

475 F.2d 565 (1973)

Sidney R. LIPMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1973.

On Motion for Rehearing February 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome P. Facher, Boston, Mass., with whom Harry T. Daniels and Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Walter H. Mayo III, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for appellee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Kevin M. Keating, Boston, Mass., with whom Charlotte Anne Perretta and Crane, Inker & Oteri, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee, Edward V. Keating.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and McENTEE, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Senior Judge.

On the night of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne was accidentally drowned at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, under circumstances which attracted national, and, indeed, international attention. Because of the possibility of criminal activity in connection therewith a district court inquest was ordered. Massachusetts district courts having no official or regular reporters, plaintiff Lipman,1 an experienced freelance...

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