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SCOTT-HARRIS v. CITY OF FALL RIVER

Nos. 95-1950 to 95-1952 and 95-2100.

134 F.3d 427 (1997)

Janet SCOTT-HARRIS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CITY OF FALL RIVER, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Janet SCOTT-HARRIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF FALL RIVER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1997.

Certiorari Denied March 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey A. Schwartz, Boston, MA, with whom Schwartz, Shaw & Griffith was on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stephen C. Fulton, Natick, MA, with whom Law Office of Bruce R. Fox was on brief, for defendant-appellant City of Fall River.

Bruce A. Assad, Fall River, MA, for defendant-appellant Marilyn Roderick.

Robert J. Marchand, Fall River, MA, with whom Driscoll, Marchand, Boyer & Stanton and Mary E. O'Neil were on brief, for defendant-appellant Daniel Bogan.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Certiorari Denied March 9, 1998. See 118 S.Ct. 1184.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Although America began with the vision of a city on a hill, not every American has shared a sense of optimism about our nation's municipalities. Indeed, one of the most illustrious of the Framers regarded great cities as "pestilential to the morals, the health, [and] the liberties of man." Christopher Tunnard, The City of Man 34 (1970) (quoting Thomas Jefferson).

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