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BREWSTER v. DUKAKIS

Nos. 81-1688, 81-1915.

675 F.2d 1 (1982)

David BREWSTER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael S. DUKAKIS, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Mohl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Barnico and Carl Valvo, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Steven J. Schwartz, Northampton, Mass., with whom Robert D. Fleischner, Springfield, Mass., Nonnie S. Burnes and Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

John D. Leubsdorf, Boston, Mass., Boston University School of Law, with whom Verne W. Vance, Jr., Scott C. Moriearty, Terry S. Kogan and Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Developmental Disabilities Law Center, et al., amici curiae.

Patricia E. Hennessey, New York City, on brief for Children's Defense Fund, et al., amici curiae.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Defendants-appellants, various members of the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, appeal an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts enforcing a consent decree to which they are signatories. Although we avoid a detailed description of the circumstances giving rise to the order, the provisions of the order, and their modification by a second order, a brief review is necessary to set the stage...

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