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ROBERTS v. CITY OF WOONSOCKET

No. 78-1017.

575 F.2d 339 (1978)

David K. ROBERTS et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF WOONSOCKET et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Prescott, Lincoln, R.I., with whom Oster, Fay, Groff & Prescott, Lincoln, R.I., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Gerald M. Brenner, Asst. City Sol., Woonsocket, R.I., on brief, for defendants, appellees.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is a case which could claim the attention of the district court only because the pleadings, generously viewed, could be read as describing a federal cause of action under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, although not under § 1343(3). Having received full attention from the district court, including an opportunity to develop evidence at trial, plaintiffs have realized more than their full due from the federal system. We affirm.

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