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McCABE v. LIFE-LINE AMBULANCE SERVICE

No. 95-1731.

77 F.3d 540 (1996)

Mary McCABE, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. LIFE-LINE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., Defendants, Appellees, The City of Lynn, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Burnim, Marblehead, MA, with whom Michael J. Barry, Framingham, MA, and George S. Markopoulos, Lynn, MA, were on brief for appellant.

Charles M. Campo, Jr., with whom Floyd H. Anderson and Kassler & Feuer, P.C., Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee McCabe.

Before CYR, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal by the City of Lynn ("City"), we consider whether an established City policy, permitting forcible, warrantless entries of private residences to enforce involuntary civil commitment orders, violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiff Mary McCabe, administratrix of the estate of Ruchla Zinger, a Holocaust survivor who died in her Lynn home during a tragic...

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