BOSTON CHAPTER, NAACP v. BEECHER

Nos. 81-1642, 81-1650, 81-1651 and 81-1656.

716 F.2d 931 (1983)

BOSTON CHAPTER, NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Nancy B. BEECHER, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Boston Firefighters Union, Local 718, Intervenor, Appellant. Pedro CASTRO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Nancy B. BEECHER, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, Inc., Intervenor, Appellant. Pedro CASTRO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Nancy B. BEECHER, et al., Defendants, Appellants. BOSTON CHAPTER, NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Nancy B. BEECHER, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Civil Service Commission, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Barnico, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Thomas R. Kiley, First Asst. Atty. Gen., E. Michael Sloman, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Marc S. Seigle, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Com. of Mass.

John F. McMahon, with whom E. David Wanger, and Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle & Wanger, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Boston Firefighters Union, Local 718.

Frank J. McGee, with whom Law Office of Frank J. McGee, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n, Inc.

James S. Dittmar, with whom Peggy A. Wiesenberg, Richard R. Lavin, Matthew D. Baxter and Widett, Slater & Goldman, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before the court on remand from the Supreme Court, 461 U.S. 477, 103 S.Ct. 2076, 76 L.Ed.2d 330 for consideration of mootness. The facts and prior proceedings are fully traced in this court's previous opinion, Boston Chapter, NAACP v. Beecher, 679 F.2d 965 (1st Cir.1982). Since 1975, the Boston police and fire departments have been subject to consent decrees requiring...

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