ANDERSON v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 00-1731.

244 F.3d 236 (2001)

Nicholas ANDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Roughsedge, with whom Chester Darling and Michael Williams, were on brief, for appellants.

Frances S. Cohen, with whom Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel of the City of Boston, Adam N. Lewis, Peter N. Kochansky and Hill & Barlow, were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Appellants are five school-age children who live in Boston, Massachusetts. In combination with five other children and an advocacy group, Boston's Children First, they brought suit, claiming that the Boston elementary school assignment program denied them their preferred school assignments based on their race, in violation of federal and state law. Boston's Children First v. City of Boston,...

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