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COALITION OF BLACK LEADERSHIP v. CIANCI

No. 77-1381.

570 F.2d 12 (1978)

The COALITION OF BLACK LEADERSHIP, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Vincent A. CIANCI, Jr., etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees, Providence Lodge No. 3, Fraternal Order of Police, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Penza, Jr., Providence, R. I., for defendant, appellant.

David F. Reilly, Providence, R. I., with whom Alden C. Harrington, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for Coalition of Black Leadership, etc., et al., plaintiffs, appellees.

Vincent J. Piccirilli, Providence, R. I., on brief for Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., defendant, appellee.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In 1971 a class action suit was filed in the district court of Rhode Island on behalf of the black residents of the city of Providence alleging various violations of the civil rights of the plaintiff class by the defendants, various police officers and public officials of Providence. After trial a consent decree was entered into and filed in March, 1973. The decree provided for a procedure through which civilians' complaints against police officers...

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