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AD HOC COMMITTEE ON JUD. ADMIN. v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASS.

No. 73-1129.

488 F.2d 1241 (1973)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Cohen, Waltham, Mass., with whom Harold Brown, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lawrence T. Bench, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., and Walter H. Mayo III, Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, KILKENNY and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

In a class action1 brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs allege that Massachusetts' failure to provide "court facilities, judges, clerical personnel, and other facilities" violates their Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The federal judiciary is asked to order enlargement and restructuring of the entire state court system. Plaintiffs are an unincorporated...

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