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GONSALVES v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD

Civ. A. No. 91-11993-MLW.

939 F.Supp. 915 (1996)

Delores GONSALVES, as Administratrix of the Estate of Morris Pina, Jr., Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD, Leonard Baillargeon, Richard Benoit, Frederick Borges, John Bullard, Robert Devlin, Sandra Grace, John Hoffman, Patrick Lawrence, Stephen Olivera, and Michael Pacheco, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Friedman, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, Boston, MA, Harvey A. Schwartz, Robert A. Griffith, Schwartz, Shaw & Griffith, Boston, MA, for Delores Gonsalves.

Patrick T. Walsh, New Bedford, MA, for City of New Bedford.

Gerald S. McAuliffe, McParland & McAuliffe, Quincy, MA, Joseph P. McParland, Dedham, MA, for Leonard Baillargeon, Frederick Borges, Sandra Grace and Stephen Oliveira.

Edward P. Reardon, Reardon & Reardon, Worcester, MA, for Robert Devlin and John D. Hoffman.

Sheila M. Tierney, New Bedford, MA, for Patrick Lawrence.

Armand Fernandes, Jr., City Solicitor, New Bedford, MA, John F. Folan, McLaughlin & Folan, New Bedford, MA, for Michael Pacheco.

Patrick T. Walsh, Asst. City Sol., Armand Fernandes, Jr., Fernandes, Fraze & Finnerty New Bedford, MA, for Richard Benoit and John K. Bullard.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

Attached is a memorandum based upon the transcript of the decision rendered orally on April 12, 1996, identifying the relevant policymakers for the City of New Bedford for purposes of the municipal liability phase of the trial in this case. This memorandum adds citations, deletes some colloquy, and clarifies some language.

I. Introduction

Certain employees of the New Bedford Police Department...

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