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VECINOS de BARRIO UNO v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

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

882 F.Supp. 9 (1995)

VECINOS de BARRIO UNO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF HOLYOKE, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 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, Ozell Hudson, Jr., Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Rights, and Alan J. Rom, Law Office of Sherwin L. Kantrovitz, P.C., Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

Edward R. Mitnick, Asst. City Sol., Kenneth J. Cote, Jr., City of Holyoke Law Dept., Holyoke, MA, and Steven P. Perlmutter, Robinson & Cole, Boston, MA, for defendants.

Thomas E. Kanwit, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for movant.

MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE REMEDIAL ORDER OF THE COURT

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This court has previously found that the system of election for the Holyoke City Council violates the Voting Rights Act as amended in 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. This memorandum will address the appropriate remedy.

The court will enjoin the defendants from conducting any City Council elections under the current electoral structure...

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