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UNO v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

No. 95-1581.

72 F.3d 973 (1995)

Vecinos De Barrio UNO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CITY OF HOLYOKE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Perlmutter, with whom Michael D. Lurie, Robinson & Cole, and Edward R. Mitnick, Acting City Solicitor, were on brief, for appellant.

Daniel J. Gleason, with whom Nelson G. Apjohn, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Alan J. Rom, Law Office of Sherwin Kantrovitz, P.C., David P. Hoose, and Katz, Sasson, Hoose & Turnbull, were on brief, for appellees.

SELYA, CYR and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

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