WALGREN v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF TOWN OF AMHERST

No. 74-1123.

519 F.2d 1364 (1975)

Eric WALGREN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF the TOWN OF AMHERST, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Walgren, pro se.

David M. Roseman, Boston, Mass., with whom Tyler & Reynolds & Craig, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants-appellees.

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


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This class suit, on behalf of both the entire college community and particularly college students in the 18 to 20 year age group, was brought against the selectmen of the college town of Amherst, Massachusetts, to invalidate the town election of 1973.1 The principal question is whether the selectmen, in holding the town caucus during winter recess when many of the student...

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