Darryl WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
The CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 9, 1985.
Decided February 25, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward J. Barshak with whom Natasha C. Lisman and Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.
Steven P. Perlmutter, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Boston, Mass., for City of Boston, and White, Jordan, O'Bryant, Alioto, Finnigan, McDonough, Tierney, Wood, Spratting, Murphy, Kelly, and Ridlon.
Roberta Thomas Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Barbara A.H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief for Daniel C. Mullane and Newman Flanagan.
Marjorie Heins, Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Jeffrey Feuer, Boston, Mass., on brief for The Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Aviam Soifer and Jack Beerman, Boston University School of Law, amicus curiae.
Mark A. Michelson, Jonathan Chiel, W. Brewster Lee, III, and Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., on brief for Citywide Parent Council, amicus curiae.
Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case we determine whether the City of Boston and some of its highest officials are liable under 42 U.S.C. § 19831 for the tragic shooting of a young black student while he participated in an interscholastic football game at Charlestown High School in 1979. Darryl Williams was shot, allegedly by "unknown white persons," and paralyzed for life. He and his...
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