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LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 85-1484.

784 F.2d 409 (1986)

LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF BOSTON, Raymond Flynn, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Kociubes, with whom John R. Snyder, Bingham, Dana & Gould, and Alan Jay Rom, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Steven P. Perlmutter, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of Boston Law Dept., with whom Mary-Ellen Nolan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

In this case four nonprofit organizations (at least three of which represent Blacks, Hispanics and Asians) and twelve individuals challenge the City of Boston's new (1983) districting plan for the election of members of the City Council and of the School Committee. In their view the plan violates the federal Voting Rights Act of 1982, which forbids

political processes leading to ... election ... [which] are not equally open to participation...

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