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LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COM. v. CITY OF BOSTON

Civ. A. No. 83-2472-C.

581 F.Supp. 478 (1984)

LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Kociubes, Jonathan W. Fitch, Bingham, Dana & Gould and Alan Jay Rom, Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights, Boston, Mass., Frank R. Parker, Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Suzanne F. Sheats, Boston, Mass., for City of Boston, Mayor White, Michael Joyce and Boston Election Commission.

Stephen H. Oleskey, Jane D. Kaplan, Hale & Dorr, Paul F. Saba, Boston, Mass., for Members of Boston City Council.

MEMORANDUM

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action in which plaintiffs allege that the City of Boston's revised election district plan unlawfully dilutes minority voting power and infringes the right of minority candidates to be elected to public office. The plan divides the City of Boston into nine voting districts for the purposes of Boston City Council and School Committee elections.

Plaintiffs are the Latino Political Action Committee, Inc...

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