LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. v. CITY OF BOSTON

Nos. 83-1578 — 83-1581.

716 F.2d 68 (1983)

LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Christopher A. Ianella, et al., Defendants, Appellants. LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Intervenor, Appellant. LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellants. LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Albert O'Neil, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Elections Div., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Atty. Gen. of the Com. of Mass.

Stephen H. Oleskey, with whom Jane D. Kaplan, Paul Saba, and Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Christopher A. Ianella, et al.

Joseph L. Kociubes, with whom Jonathan W. Fitch, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Alan Jay Rom, and Frank R. Parker, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Latino Political Action Committee, Inc., et al.

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


PER CURIAM.

These cases are before us on motions for a stay pending appeal of the district court's order invalidating a plan for Boston City Council districts, 568 F.Supp. 1012. If the stay were granted the election would presumably take place as scheduled with the seats allocated in a manner that the district court found to be constitutionally impermissible. If the stay were denied the election would take place presumably at...

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