Robert T. DEVERAUX, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
William J. GEARY, et al., Defendants, Appellees, and
Plaintiff-Class in Culbreath
v.
Dukakis, Intervenors-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 5, 1985.
Decided June 24, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gabriel O. Dumont, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Grady, Dumont & Dwyer, Boston, Mass., was on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.
Charles J. Cooper, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael A. Carvin and Mary E. Mann, Attys., Dept. of Justice, and Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., were on brief for the U.S., amicus curiae.
Despena Fillios Billings, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief for defendants-appellees.
James H. Wexler, Boston, Mass., with whom Herrick & Smith, Herman J. Smith, Jr., Boston University Legal Aid Program, Ilene Seidman and Ruth Diaz-Aguilar, Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, Mass., were on brief for intervenors-appellees.
Jonathan M. Albano, Boston, Mass., with whom John F. Adkins, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Marjorie Heins, Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Ass'n, Boston, Mass., William L. Robinson and Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., were on brief for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Ass'n, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, amici curiae.
Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, five non-minority members of the Metropolitan District Commission ("MDC") police force, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 596 F.Supp. 1481, dismissing their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted after finding their attempt to intervene in the case of Culbreath v. Dukakis untimely.<...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
