VECINOS DeBARRIO UNO v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

Civ. A. No. 92-30052-MAP.

880 F.Supp. 911 (1995)

VECINOS DeBARRIO UNO, et al. v. CITY OF HOLYOKE, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Gleason, Julie A. Trachten, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David P. Hoose, Alan M. Katz, Katz, Sasson & Hoose, Springfield, MA, William Newman, Lesser, Newman, Souweine & Nasser, Northampton, MA, Alan J. Rom, Lawyers Com'n of Civ. Rights, Ozell Hudson, Jr., Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Rights, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs Vecinos DeBarrio Uno, by its President, Maria Nieves, Latino Citizens United for Holyoke, Lillian Santiago-Garcia, Maria Santiago, Sonia Rodriguez, Piculin Rolan-Cruz, Ana Ramos, Gloria Caballer Arce, Luis-Orlando Isaza.

Steven P. Perlmutter, Harrison & McGuire, P.C., Boston, MA, Edward R. Mitnick, Asst. City Sol., Kenneth J. Cote, Jr., City of Holyoke Law Dept., Holyoke, MA, for defendants City of Holyoke, William A. Hamilton, as Mayor of City of Holyoke, Holyoke Bd. of Registrars, Henry Wheeler, Elba Rueda, Timothy Howes, as Members of Bd. of Registrars.

Thomas E. Kanwit, U.S. Atty's Office, Boston, MA, for movant Josephine Carabello.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, two Hispanic community organizations and eight Hispanic citizens of the City of Holyoke, challenge the city's election system for School Committee and City Council, charging that its at-large components violate the federal Voting Rights Act of 1982.1 This statute prohibits electoral mechanisms that provide minorities "less opportunity...

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