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BLACK VOTERS v. McDONOUGH

No. CA 75-812-T.

421 F.Supp. 165 (1976)

BLACK VOTERS et al., Plaintiffs, v. John J. McDONOUGH et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. Rice, Cambridge, Mass., Margaret A. Burnham, Burnham, Stern & Shapiro, Boston, Mass., Liza Fitzgerald, Boston Legal Assistance Project, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Patricia C. Gunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., amicus curiae.

Kevin F. Moloney, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City Hall Law Dept., Marilyn Sticklor, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

Kline & Gordon, Joseph A. Gordon, Robert G. Kline, Boston, Mass., Louise Day Hicks, Boston City Council, Boston, Mass., Robert Emmet Dinsmore, Boston, Mass., for Boston School Committee.

TAURO, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is a class action brought by black registered voters of Boston, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against Boston's Mayor, City Council, School Committee, Election Commissioners and City Clerk.1 The suit challenges the at-large voting procedure for election of members of the Boston School Committee.2

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