UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, and
Yonkers Branch-National Association For the Advancement of Colored People et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees,
v.
CITY OF YONKERS, Defendant-Contemnor-Appellant,
Yonkers Board of Education and Yonkers Community Development Agency, Defendants.
In the Matter of Henry SPALLONE, Peter Chema, Nicholas Longo, and Edward Fagan, Contemnors-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued August 17, 1988.
Decided August 26, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael W. Sculnick, New York City (Stanley R. Strauss, Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, New York City, Rex E. Lee, Carter G. Phillips, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C.; Paul W. Pickelle, Corp. Counsel, Yonkers, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-contemnor-appellant.
Anthony J. Mercorella, New York City (Vincent R. Fontana, James L. Fischer, Vincent R. Cappucci, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, on the brief), for contemnor-appellant Spallone.
James D. Harmon, Jr., New York City (Barry G. Saretsky, Martin S. Kaufman, Michael J. Eng, Aaron F. Fishbein, Bower & Gardner, New York City, on the brief), for contemnor-appellant Chema.
Lawrence R. Sykes, Yonkers, N.Y., for contemnors-appellants Longo and Fagan.
Linda F. Thome, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mark R. Disler, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., David K. Flynn, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.
Michael H. Sussman, Yonkers, N.Y. (Sussman & Sussman, Yonkers, N.Y., on the brief), for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees.
Before NEWMAN, MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents important issues concerning the enforcement of orders of a United States District Court requiring action by a municipality to remedy violations of the Constitution and statutes of the United States. The principal issues are whether members of the Yonkers City Council may be required to vote to implement remedies contained in a consent judgment agreed to by the City and approved...
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