VECINOS DE BARRIO UNO v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

Civil Action No. 92-30052-MAP.

960 F.Supp. 515 (1997)

VECINOS DE BARRIO UNO, et al., v. CITY OF HOLYOKE, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Gleason, Julie A. Trachten, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Ozell Hudson, Jr., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Alan J. Rom, Law Office of Sherwin L. Kantrovitz, Boston, MA, David P. Hoose, Alan M. Katz, Katz, Sasson & Hoose, Sprigfield, MA, William Newman, Lesser, Newman, Souweine & Nasser, Northampton, MA, for Vecinos Debarrio Uno, Latino Citizens United for Holyoke, Lillian Santiago-Garcia, Maria Santiago, Sonia Rodriguez, Piculin Rolan-Cruz, Ana Ramos, Gloria Caballer Arce, Luis-Orlando Isaza.

Kenneth J. Cote, Jr., Daniel M. Glanville, City of Holyoke Law Dept., Holyoke, MA, Steven P. Perlmutter, Robinson & Cole, Boston, MA, Edward R. Mitnick, Asst. City Solicitor, Sheridan & Sheridan, South Hadley, MA, for City of Holyoke.

Kenneth J. Cote, Jr., City of Holyoke Law Dept., Holyoke, MA, Steven P. Perlmutter, Robinson & Cole, Boston, MA, Edward R. Mitnick, Asst. City Solicitor, Sheridan & Sheridan, South Hadley, MA, for William A. Hamilton, Holyoke Bd. of Registrars, Henry Wheeler, Elba Rueda, Timothy Howes.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON REMAND

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit was filed in 1992 by Hispanic citizens of the City of Holyoke against the City itself and certain individuals, claiming violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Originally, the suit challenged the at-large component of the elections for both Holyoke's School Committee and City...

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